diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index aa2e879..4b315c5 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ builds:
       - arm64
     env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w -X git.smsvc.net/pomodoro/GoTomato/internal/metadata.GoTomatoVersion={{.Version}}
 
 upx:
   - enabled: true
diff --git a/cmd/server/main.go b/cmd/server/main.go
index 29241f0..a109f38 100644
--- a/cmd/server/main.go
+++ b/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ func Start() {
 
 	// show server and protocl version and exit
 	if *showVersionFlag {
-		fmt.Printf("Server-Version: v%s\n", metadata.GoTomatoVersion)
-		fmt.Printf("Protocol-Version: v%s\n", metadata.ProtocolVersion)
+		fmt.Println("Server-Version:", metadata.GoTomatoVersion)
+		fmt.Println("Protocol-Version:", metadata.ProtocolVersion)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/metadata/version.go b/internal/metadata/version.go
index 22e394e..ecac17b 100644
--- a/internal/metadata/version.go
+++ b/internal/metadata/version.go
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ package metadata
 
 import "strings"
 
-const GoTomatoVersion = "0.1.1"                              // The GoTomato version
+// This will be overwritten by goreleaser on build
+var GoTomatoVersion = "devel"                                // The GoTomato version
 var ProtocolVersion = strings.Split(GoTomatoVersion, ".")[0] // The protocol version