diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6aea616b8..dc70a7efb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -60,4 +60,5 @@ typings/
 # data
 data/database.db
 data/config.json
-data/log*.txt
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+data/log*.txt
+data/hash.json
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diff --git a/lib/controller.js b/lib/controller.js
index 715f7e450..3309efa39 100644
--- a/lib/controller.js
+++ b/lib/controller.js
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@ const settings = require('./util/settings');
 const zigbeeShepherdConverters = require('zigbee-shepherd-converters');
 const homeassistant = require('./homeassistant');
 const objectAssignDeep = require(`object-assign-deep`);
-
+const data = require('./util/data');
+const pjson = require('../package.json');
+let version = `${pjson.version}`;
+try {
+    const hjson = require(data.joinPath('hash.json')).id;
+    version = version + `:${hjson}`;
+} catch (error) {
+    logger.debug('Error parsing git hash version', error);
+}
 const mqttConfigRegex = new RegExp(`${settings.get().mqtt.base_topic}/bridge/config/\\w+`, 'g');
 const mqttDeviceRegex = new RegExp(`${settings.get().mqtt.base_topic}/[\\w\\s\\d]+/set`, 'g');
 const mqttDevicePrefixRegex = new RegExp(`${settings.get().mqtt.base_topic}/[\\w\\s\\d]+/[\\w\\s\\d]+/set`, 'g');
@@ -39,6 +47,7 @@ class Controller {
     }
 
     start() {
+        logger.info(`Starting ... ${version}`);
         this.zigbee.start(this.handleZigbeeMessage, (error) => {
             if (error) {
                 logger.error('Failed to start');
diff --git a/tag.sh b/tag.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fec26218b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tag.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "{\"id\": \"$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)\"}" > data/hash.json
+echo "Hash version '$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)' generated successfully"
\ No newline at end of file