diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 783f391..fb68999 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ app.runOnStartup = function() {
 		});
 	}
 
+	if (global.sourcecodeVersion == null) {
+		simpleGit(".").log(["-n 1"], function(err, log) {
+			global.sourcecodeVersion = log.all[0].hash.substring(0, 10);
+			global.sourcecodeDate = log.all[0].date.substring(0, "0000-00-00".length);
+		});
+	}
+
 	if (global.exchangeRate == null) {
 		refreshExchangeRate();
 	}
@@ -109,9 +116,6 @@ app.runOnStartup = function() {
 	setInterval(refreshExchangeRate, 1800000);
 };
 
-
-app.locals.sourcecodeVersion = null;
-
 app.use(function(req, res, next) {
 	// make session available in templates
 	res.locals.session = req.session;
@@ -162,12 +166,6 @@ app.use(function(req, res, next) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!req.session.sourcecodeVersion) {
-		simpleGit(".").log(["-n 1"], function(err, log) {
-			app.locals.sourcecodeVersion = log.all[0].hash.substring(0, 10);
-		});
-	}
-	
 	if (req.session.userMessage) {
 		res.locals.userMessage = req.session.userMessage;
 		
diff --git a/views/layout.pug b/views/layout.pug
index 5e1bfff..9a0beac 100644
--- a/views/layout.pug
+++ b/views/layout.pug
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ html
 								dt Running Version
 								dd
 									a(href=("https://github.com/janoside/btc-rpc-explorer/commit/" + sourcecodeVersion)) #{sourcecodeVersion}
+									span(style="color: #ccc;")  (#{sourcecodeDate})
 
 								if (env.demoSite)
 									dt Public Demos