diff --git a/controllers/BaseController.php b/controllers/BaseController.php
index 1be5a153..ca65c5b7 100644
--- a/controllers/BaseController.php
+++ b/controllers/BaseController.php
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ class BaseController
 		$this->Database = $databaseService->GetDbConnection();
 
 		$applicationService = new ApplicationService();
-		$container->view->set('version', $applicationService->GetInstalledVersion());
+		$versionInfo = $applicationService->GetInstalledVersion();
+		$container->view->set('version', $versionInfo->Version);
+		$container->view->set('releaseDate', $versionInfo->ReleaseDate);
 
 		$localizationService = new LocalizationService(CULTURE);
 		$container->view->set('localizationStrings', $localizationService->GetCurrentCultureLocalizations());
diff --git a/localization/de.php b/localization/de.php
index ab3b43d8..4237002d 100644
--- a/localization/de.php
+++ b/localization/de.php
@@ -161,5 +161,6 @@ return array(
 	'#1 batteries are due to be charged within the next #2 days' => '#1 Batterien müssen in den nächsten #2 Tagen geladen werden',
 	'#1 batteries are overdue to be charged' => '#1 Batterien sind überfällig',
 	'#1 habits are due to be done within the next #2 days' => '#1 Gewohnheiten stehen in den nächsten #2 Tagen an',
-	'#1 habits are overdue to be done' => '#1 Gewohnheiten sind überfällig'
+	'#1 habits are overdue to be done' => '#1 Gewohnheiten sind überfällig',
+	'Released on' => 'Veröffentlicht am'
 );
diff --git a/services/ApplicationService.php b/services/ApplicationService.php
index 224d07ed..3be2e60f 100644
--- a/services/ApplicationService.php
+++ b/services/ApplicationService.php
@@ -13,14 +13,11 @@ class ApplicationService extends BaseService
 	}
 
 	private $InstalledVersion;
-	/**
-	 * @return string
-	 */
 	public function GetInstalledVersion()
 	{
 		if ($this->InstalledVersion == null)
 		{
-			$this->InstalledVersion = preg_replace("/\r|\n/", '', file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../version.txt'));
+			$this->InstalledVersion = json_decode(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../version.json'));
 		}
 
 		return $this->InstalledVersion;
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a8d70f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+	"Version": "1.10.0",
+	"ReleaseDate": "2018-05-12"
+}
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fdcf386..00000000
--- a/version.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.9.2
diff --git a/views/layout/default.blade.php b/views/layout/default.blade.php
index f541776b..dd2ae991 100644
--- a/views/layout/default.blade.php
+++ b/views/layout/default.blade.php
@@ -86,14 +86,13 @@
 				</div>
 				<div class="modal-body">
 					grocy is a project by
-					<a href="https://berrnd.de" target="_blank">Bernd Bestel</a>
+					<a href="https://berrnd.de" target="_blank">Bernd Bestel</a><br>
+					Created with passion since 2017<br>
 					<br>
-					Created with passion since 2017
-					<br>
-					Version {{ $version }}
-					<br>
-					Life runs on code
+					Version {{ $version }}<br>
+					{{ $L('Released on') }} {{ $releaseDate }} <time class="timeago timeago-contextual" datetime="{{ $releaseDate }}"></time><br>
 					<br>
+					Life runs on code<br>
 					<a href="https://github.com/berrnd/grocy" target="_blank">
 						<i class="fa fa-github"></i>
 					</a>