diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Base/Server/CVocaluxeServer.cs b/Vocaluxe/Base/Server/CVocaluxeServer.cs
index 62b1d14e..138df11f 100644
--- a/Vocaluxe/Base/Server/CVocaluxeServer.cs
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Base/Server/CVocaluxeServer.cs
@@ -598,12 +598,7 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Base.Server
 
         public static string GetServerVersion()
         {
-            var informationalVersion = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute), false).FirstOrDefault();
-            if (informationalVersion != null)
-            {
-                informationalVersion = "";
-            }
-            return Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.ToString() + " (" + informationalVersion + ")";
+            return Application.ProductVersion;
         }
 
         public static CBase64Image GetDelayedImage(string hashedFilename)
diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Linux/Build/PostBuildEvent.sh b/Vocaluxe/Linux/Build/PostBuildEvent.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c9c2d125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Linux/Build/PostBuildEvent.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+PROJECT=$1
+cd $PROJECT
+sed -i -r -e 's/AssemblyInformationalVersion\(".*?"\)/AssemblyInformationalVersion("GITVERSION")/' $PROJECT/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+sed -i -e 's/var matchingServerVersion = "";/var matchingServerVersion = "'$(git describe --long)'";/' $PROJECT/../Output/Website/js/main.js
diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Linux/Build/PreBuildEvent.sh b/Vocaluxe/Linux/Build/PreBuildEvent.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4d7c6ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Linux/Build/PreBuildEvent.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+PROJECT=$1
+cd $PROJECT
+sed -i -e s/GITVERSION/$(git describe --long)/ $PROJECT/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe.csproj b/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe.csproj
index 85b12678..bc340b00 100644
--- a/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe.csproj
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe.csproj
@@ -539,10 +539,12 @@
   <PostBuildEvent Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' ">xcopy /E /D /Y "$(ProjectDir)\Website" "$(SolutionDir)\PhoneGap"
 powershell -command "$version = git describe --long; (Get-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)..\Output\Website\js\main.js') |  Foreach-Object {$_ -replace '(?&lt;=var *matchingServerVersion * = *\")\w*(?=\" *;)', "$version"} | Set-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)..\Output\Website\js\main.js'"
 powershell -command "(Get-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs') | Foreach-Object {$_ -replace '(?&lt;=AssemblyInformationalVersion\()(.*)(?=\))', '\"GITVERSION\"'} | Set-Content -Encoding UTF8 '$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs'"</PostBuildEvent>
-  <PostBuildEvent Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">cp -ruT "$(ProjectDir)Website" "$(SolutionDir)/PhoneGap"</PostBuildEvent>
+    <PostBuildEvent Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">cp -ruT "$(ProjectDir)Website" "$(SolutionDir)/PhoneGap"</PostBuildEvent>
+    <PostBuildEvent Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">$(ProjectDir)Linux/Build/PostBuildEvent.sh $(ProjectDir)</PostBuildEvent>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PreBuildEvent Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' ">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>
+    <PreBuildEvent Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">$(ProjectDir)Linux/Build/PreBuildEvent.sh $(ProjectDir)</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.