diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index b7fd8620d..000000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-PRODUCT_ID=Airtime
-PRODUCT_RELEASE=2.5.3
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/configs/conf.php b/airtime_mvc/application/configs/conf.php
index 6af950882..d38a03797 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/configs/conf.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/configs/conf.php
@@ -8,14 +8,17 @@
 
 class Config {
     private static $CC_CONFIG = null;
+    private static $rootDir;
     public static function loadConfig() {
+
+        self::$rootDir = __DIR__."/../..";
         $CC_CONFIG = array(
                 /* ================================================ storage configuration */
         
                 'soundcloud-client-id' => '2CLCxcSXYzx7QhhPVHN4A',
                 'soundcloud-client-secret' => 'pZ7beWmF06epXLHVUP1ufOg2oEnIt9XhE8l8xt0bBs',
         
-                "rootDir" => __DIR__."/../.."
+                "rootDir" => self::$rootDir
         );
         
         //In the unit testing environment, we always want to use our local airtime.conf in airtime_mvc/application/test:
@@ -89,7 +92,8 @@ class Config {
     public static function setAirtimeVersion() {
         $airtime_version = Application_Model_Preference::GetAirtimeVersion();
         $uniqueid = Application_Model_Preference::GetUniqueId();
-        self::$CC_CONFIG['airtime_version'] = md5($airtime_version.$uniqueid);
+        $buildVersion = file_get_contents(self::$rootDir."/../VERSION");
+        self::$CC_CONFIG['airtime_version'] = md5($airtime_version.$buildVersion);
     }
     
     public static function getConfig() {
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0a16dcdab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+composer install
+
+git rev-parse HEAD > VERSION
+