diff --git a/common.inc.php b/common.inc.php
index 60b1231..e9b2d88 100644
--- a/common.inc.php
+++ b/common.inc.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 */
 ?>
 <?
+$sfiabversion=@file("version.txt");
+$config['version']=$sfiabversion[0];
 //first things first - make sure our DB version matches our CODE version
 $dbcodeversion=@file("db/db.code.version.txt");
 $dbdbversion=@file("db/db.db.version.txt");
@@ -368,10 +370,12 @@ if($title)
 
 function send_footer()
 {
+global $config;
 ?>
 </div>
 <div id="footer">
 <? print_r($_SESSION); ?>
+<? echo "SFIAB Version ".$config['version']; ?>
 </div>
 
 </body>
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b63ba69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.9