diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/DashboardController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/DashboardController.php
index 8b918137d..afdb26f33 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/DashboardController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/DashboardController.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class DashboardController extends Zend_Controller_Action
 
     public function aboutAction()
     {
-        // action body
+        $this->view->airtime_version = Application_Model_Preference::GetAirtimeVersion();
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/dashboard/about.phtml b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/dashboard/about.phtml
index 6a551c1e4..bdedfcfd2 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/dashboard/about.phtml
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/dashboard/about.phtml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="text-content">
     <h2>About</h2>
 <p>
-<a href="http://airtime.sourcefabric.org">Airtime</a> <?php echo AIRTIME_VERSION ?>, the open radio software for scheduling and remote station management.<br>
+<a href="http://airtime.sourcefabric.org">Airtime</a> <?php echo $this->airtime_version ?>, the open radio software for scheduling and remote station management.<br>
 © 2011 <a href="http://www.sourcefabric.org">Sourcefabric</a> o.p.s 2011. Airtime is distributed under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html">GNU GPL v.3</a>
 </p>
 </div>