diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 945440a179..56885f3fe2 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ body {
 Source code on the left, compiled code and AST on the right (or error).<br/>
 <b>Note:</b> Chrome/Chromium currently reports &quot;Uncaught JavaScript Exception&quot;.
 To work around this problem, enable the debug console (Ctrl+Shift+i) and reload.<br/>
-Version: <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/cpp-ethereum/commit/86850c3c89a0fc2195929772c64c5ff2bebdf855">86850c3...</a> 2015-07-03
+Version: <span id="version">(loading)</span>
 <div id="optimizeBox">
 <input id="optimize" type="checkbox"><label for="optimize">optimize</label>
 </div>
@@ -132,7 +132,11 @@ editor.getSession().setUseSoftTabs(true);
 
 var compileJSON = Module.cwrap("compileJSON", "string", ["string", "number"]);
 var ready = false;
-Module['onRuntimeInitialized'] = function() { ready = true; onChange(); };
+Module['onRuntimeInitialized'] = function() {
+    ready = true;
+    $('#version').text(Module.cwrap("version", "string", [])());
+    onChange();
+};
 
 var previousInput = '';
 var compile = function() {