diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index c8e082d..c0d432c 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #define VERSION "0.1.19"
 
-#define PROGINFO VERSION ", Janos SUTO <sj@acts.hu>\n\n" CONFIGURE_PARAMS "\n"
+#define BUILD 671
 
 #define HOSTID "mailarchiver"
 
diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index 8cc0bbd..99155c0 100644
--- a/src/misc.c
+++ b/src/misc.c
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@
 #include "tai.h"
 
 
-/*
- * fatal function for quitting
- */
+int get_build(){
+   return BUILD;
+}
+
 
 void __fatal(char *s){
    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", s);
diff --git a/src/misc.h b/src/misc.h
index 941b7c6..c0bdbfc 100644
--- a/src/misc.h
+++ b/src/misc.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <cfg.h>
 #include "defs.h"
 
+int get_build();
 void __fatal(char *s);
 long tvdiff(struct timeval a, struct timeval b);
 int searchStringInBuffer(char *s, int len1, char *what, int len2);
diff --git a/src/piler.c b/src/piler.c
index cf973e1..666ba1f 100644
--- a/src/piler.c
+++ b/src/piler.c
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@
 
         case 'v' :
         case 'V' :
-                   __fatal(PROGNAME " " PROGINFO);
-                   break;
+                   printf("%s %s, build %d, Janos SUTO <sj@acts.hu>\n\n%s\n\n", PROGNAME, VERSION, get_build(), CONFIGURE_PARAMS);
+                   return 0;
 
         case 'h' :
         default  : 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
    if(drop_privileges(pwd)) fatal(ERR_SETUID);
 
 
-   syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "%s %s starting", PROGNAME, VERSION);
+   syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "%s %s, build %d starting", PROGNAME, VERSION, get_build());
 
 
 #if HAVE_DAEMON == 1