diff --git a/internal/metadata/version.go b/internal/metadata/version.go
index 13b8f6e..6a9529b 100644
--- a/internal/metadata/version.go
+++ b/internal/metadata/version.go
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 package metadata
 
 import (
-	"os"
+	"fmt"
+	"runtime/debug"
 	"strings"
 )
 
-func getVersion() string {
-	content, _ := os.ReadFile("version.txt")
-	version := strings.TrimSpace(string(content))
+var (
+	GoTomatoVersion = "" // The GoTomato version
+	ProtocolVersion = "" // The protocol version
+)
 
-	return version
+func init() {
+	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	fmt.Printf("%v", info)
+	if !ok {
+		GoTomatoVersion = "unknown"
+	}
+
+	GoTomatoVersion = info.Main.Version
+	ProtocolVersion = strings.Split(GoTomatoVersion, ".")[0]
 }
-
-var GoTomatoVersion = getVersion()                           // The GoTomato version
-var ProtocolVersion = strings.Split(GoTomatoVersion, ".")[0] // The protocol version
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index d64531f..0000000
--- a/version.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-devel