diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/__init__.py b/electrum/gui/qml/__init__.py
index b8ed7f2d8..818ed39c6 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/__init__.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/__init__.py
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ class ElectrumGui(Logger):
             os.environ["QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE"] = "Material"
 
         self.gui_thread = threading.current_thread()
-        #self.config = config
-        #self.daemon = daemon
         self.plugins = plugins
         self.app = ElectrumQmlApplication(sys.argv, config, daemon)
         # timer
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qeapp.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qeapp.py
index 83dccbfe2..00c95bb62 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qeapp.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qeapp.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtGui import QGuiApplication, QFontDatabase
 from PyQt5.QtQml import qmlRegisterType, QQmlApplicationEngine #, QQmlComponent
 
 from electrum.logging import Logger, get_logger
+from electrum import version
 
 from .qeconfig import QEConfig
 from .qedaemon import QEDaemon, QEWalletListModel
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ class ElectrumQmlApplication(QGuiApplication):
 
         self.logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
-        ElectrumQmlApplication._config = config
+        #ElectrumQmlApplication._config = config
         ElectrumQmlApplication._daemon = daemon
 
         qmlRegisterType(QEWalletListModel, 'org.electrum', 1, 0, 'WalletListModel')
@@ -114,6 +115,11 @@ class ElectrumQmlApplication(QGuiApplication):
         self.context.setContextProperty('Network', self._qenetwork)
         self.context.setContextProperty('Daemon', self._qedaemon)
         self.context.setContextProperty('FixedFont', self.fixedFont)
+        self.context.setContextProperty('BUILD', {
+            'electrum_version': version.ELECTRUM_VERSION,
+            'apk_version': version.APK_VERSION,
+            'protocol_version': version.PROTOCOL_VERSION
+        })
 
         qInstallMessageHandler(self.message_handler)