diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ecfcbf7..1e4cb52 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	fmt.Println("Janus - fake rest api server")
+	fmt.Printf("Janus - fake rest api server (%s) \n", VERSION)
 	c := getConfig()
 
 	server.StartServer(c)
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..590373e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package main
+
+// simple way of tracking version
+const VERSION = "1.0.0"