diff --git a/api-webapp/pom.xml b/api-webapp/pom.xml
index 2053ba1..4895c6d 100644
--- a/api-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/api-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jeudego.pairgoth</groupId>
         <artifactId>engine-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>api-webapp</artifactId>
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
                     </httpConnector>
                     <systemProperties>
                         <pairgoth.env>${pairgoth.env}</pairgoth.env>
-                        <pairgoth.version>${project.version}</pairgoth.version>
+                        <pairgoth.version>${pairgoth.version}</pairgoth.version>
                         <pairgoth.api.external.url>${pairgoth.api.external.url}</pairgoth.api.external.url>
                         <pairgoth.webapp.external.url>${pairgoth.webapp.external.url}</pairgoth.webapp.external.url>
                         <pairgoth.store>${pairgoth.store}</pairgoth.store>
diff --git a/api-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/server/WebappManager.kt b/api-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/server/WebappManager.kt
index 153474a..bbddeed 100644
--- a/api-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/server/WebappManager.kt
+++ b/api-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/server/WebappManager.kt
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ class WebappManager : ServletContextListener, ServletContextAttributeListener, H
                 properties[(key as String).removePrefix(PAIRGOTH_PROPERTIES_PREFIX)] = value
             }
 
-            val env = properties.getProperty("env")
-            logger.info("Using profile $env", )
+            logger.info("pairgoth server ${properties["version"]} with profile ${properties["env"]}")
 
             // set system user agent string to empty string
             System.setProperty("http.agent", "")
diff --git a/application/pom.xml b/application/pom.xml
index 46ba921..ceaa459 100644
--- a/application/pom.xml
+++ b/application/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jeudego.pairgoth</groupId>
     <artifactId>engine-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>application</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d93956..2b13af5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.jeudego.pairgoth</groupId>
   <artifactId>engine-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <!-- CB: Temporary add my repository, while waiting for SSE Java server module author to incorporate my PR or for me to fork it -->
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 
     <!-- pairgoth default properties -->
     <pairgoth.env>dev</pairgoth.env>
+    <pairgoth.version>${project.version}</pairgoth.version>
     <pairgoth.webapp.protocol>http</pairgoth.webapp.protocol>
     <pairgoth.webapp.host>localhost</pairgoth.webapp.host>
     <pairgoth.webapp.port>8080</pairgoth.webapp.port>
diff --git a/view-webapp/pom.xml b/view-webapp/pom.xml
index b4add5d..b7de212 100644
--- a/view-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/view-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jeudego.pairgoth</groupId>
         <artifactId>engine-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>view-webapp</artifactId>
 
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
                     </httpConnector>
                     <systemProperties>
                         <pairgoth.env>${pairgoth.env}</pairgoth.env>
+                        <pairgoth.version>${pairgoth.version}</pairgoth.version>
                         <pairgoth.api.external.url>${pairgoth.api.external.url}</pairgoth.api.external.url>
                         <pairgoth.webapp.external.url>${pairgoth.webapp.external.url}</pairgoth.webapp.external.url>
                         <pairgoth.store>${pairgoth.store}</pairgoth.store>
diff --git a/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/WebappManager.kt b/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/WebappManager.kt
index e26e556..57c5ff0 100644
--- a/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/WebappManager.kt
+++ b/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/WebappManager.kt
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ class WebappManager : ServletContextListener, ServletContextAttributeListener, H
                 properties[(key as String).removePrefix(PAIRGOTH_PROPERTIES_PREFIX)] = value
             }
 
-            val env = properties.getProperty("env")
-            logger.info("Using profile {}", )
+            logger.info("pairgoth server ${properties["version"]} with profile ${properties["env"]}")
 
-            // let the view be aware of the environment
-            context.setAttribute("env", env)
+            // publish some properties to the webapp context; for easy access from the template
+            context.setAttribute("env", properties["env"])
+            context.setAttribute("version", properties["version"] ?: "?")
 
             // set system user agent string to empty string
             System.setProperty("http.agent", "")
diff --git a/view-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/layouts/standard.html b/view-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/layouts/standard.html
index 0970051..81ee8df 100644
--- a/view-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/layouts/standard.html
+++ b/view-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/layouts/standard.html
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     </div>
   </div>
   <div id="footer" class="horz flex">
-    <div id="version">pairgoth v0.1</div>
+    <div id="version">pairgoth v$version</div>
     <div id="contact"><a href="mailto:pairgoth@jeudego.org">contact</a></div>
   </div>
   <div id="feedback">
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@
   <script type="text/javascript" src="/lib/tablesort-5.4.0/sorts/tablesort.number.min.js"></script>
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/lib/tablesort-5.4.0/tablesort.css"/>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="/lib/imaskjs-7.1.3/imask.min.js"></script>
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/api.js"></script>
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/main.js"></script>
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/domhelper.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/api.js?v=$version"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/main.js?v=$version"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/domhelper.js?v=$version"></script>
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/lib/fork-awesome-1.2.0/fork-awesome.min.css"/>
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/main.css"/>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/main.css?v=$version"/>
 #if($css)
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="$css"/>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="${css}?v=$version"/>
 #end
   <script type="text/javascript">
     const lang = '${request.lang}';
diff --git a/webserver/pom.xml b/webserver/pom.xml
index 1982a7d..437861c 100644
--- a/webserver/pom.xml
+++ b/webserver/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jeudego.pairgoth</groupId>
     <artifactId>engine-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>webserver</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/webserver/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/application/Pairgoth.kt b/webserver/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/application/Pairgoth.kt
index 9ceda35..614d919 100644
--- a/webserver/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/application/Pairgoth.kt
+++ b/webserver/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/application/Pairgoth.kt
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ fun main(vararg args: String) {
         readProperties()
         // extract war files from main archive
         extractWarFiles()
+        // publish properties as system properties
+        publishProperties()
         // launch web server
         launchServer()
     } catch (t: Throwable) {
@@ -52,7 +54,6 @@ fun main(vararg args: String) {
 
 private val tmp = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")
 private val webapps = Path.of("${tmp}/pairgoth/webapps")
-private val version = "1.0-SNAPSHOT" // TODO CB
 
 private fun cleanup() {
     FileUtils.deleteDirectory(webapps.toFile())
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ private fun readProperties() {
     if (properties.exists()) {
         serverProps.load(FileReader(properties))
     }
+}
+
+private fun publishProperties() {
     serverProps.entries.forEach { entry ->
         val property = entry.key as String
         val value = entry.value as String
@@ -92,12 +96,24 @@ private fun extractWarFiles() {
     val webappsFolderURL = getResource("/META-INF/webapps") ?: throw Error("webapps not found")
     val jarConnection = webappsFolderURL.openConnection() as JarURLConnection
     val jarFile: JarFile = jarConnection.jarFile
+    val extractVersion = Regex(".*?-(\\d+\\.\\d+(?:-[^.-]+)?).war")
+    var version: String? = null
     jarFile.entries().toList().filter { entry ->
         entry.name.startsWith(jarConnection.entryName)
     }.forEach { entry ->
         if (!entry.isDirectory) {
+            val filename = entry.name.removePrefix("META-INF/webapps/")
+            val versionMatch = extractVersion.matchEntire(filename)
+                ?: throw Error("Could not extract version from filename: $filename")
+            val entryVersion = versionMatch.groupValues[1]
+            if (version == null) {
+                version = entryVersion
+                serverProps["version"] = version
+            } else if (version != entryVersion) {
+                throw Error("Inconsistent versions found: $version and $entryVersion")
+            }
             jarFile.getInputStream(entry).use { entryInputStream ->
-                Files.copy(entryInputStream, webapps.resolve(entry.name.removePrefix("META-INF/webapps/")))
+                Files.copy(entryInputStream, webapps.resolve(filename))
             }
         }
     }
@@ -158,6 +174,7 @@ private fun launchServer() {
 }
 
 private fun createContext(webapp: String, contextPath: String) = WebAppContext().also { context ->
+    val version = serverProps["version"] ?: throw Error("version not found")
     context.war = "$tmp/pairgoth/webapps/$webapp-webapp-$version.war"
     context.contextPath = contextPath
     if (webapp == "api") {