diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Base/CSettings.cs b/Vocaluxe/Base/CSettings.cs
index b419e7b1..e55a9208 100644
--- a/Vocaluxe/Base/CSettings.cs
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Base/CSettings.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
 using VocaluxeLib;
 
 namespace Vocaluxe.Base
@@ -180,8 +181,11 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Base
 
             // ReSharper disable ConditionIsAlwaysTrueOrFalse
             if (VersionRevision != ERevision.Release)
+            {
                 // ReSharper restore ConditionIsAlwaysTrueOrFalse
-                version += " " + _GetVersionStatus() + String.Format(" ({0:0000)}", _Assembly.Version.Revision);
+                var gitversion = Application.ProductVersion;
+                version += " " + _GetVersionStatus() + String.Format(" ({0})", gitversion);
+            }
 
             return version;
         }
diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Vocaluxe/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 861326f6..495dca5c 100644
--- a/Vocaluxe/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -50,4 +50,5 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 //
 
 [assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.3.0.83")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.3.0.83")]
\ No newline at end of file
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.3.0.83")]
+[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("GITVERSION")]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe.csproj b/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe.csproj
index b8276467..62c49204 100644
--- a/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe.csproj
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe.csproj
@@ -509,7 +509,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <PostBuildEvent>xcopy /E /D /Y "$(ProjectDir)\Website" "$(SolutionDir)\PhoneGap"</PostBuildEvent>
+    <PostBuildEvent>xcopy /E /D /Y "$(ProjectDir)\Website" "$(SolutionDir)\PhoneGap"
+powershell -command "(Get-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs') | Foreach-Object {$_ -replace '(?&lt;=AssemblyInformationalVersion\()(.*)(?=\))', '\"GITVERSION\"'} | Set-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs'"</PostBuildEvent>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <PreBuildEvent>powershell -command "$version = git describe --long; (Get-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs') | Foreach-Object {$_ -replace 'GITVERSION', $version} | Set-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs'"</PreBuildEvent>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.