diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c6e0e84..4994d0c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+BASE_VERSION=0.1.0
+VERSION="\"$(BASE_VERSION)-$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)\""
+
 MAGIC_CFLAGS=-DHAVE_MAGIC
 MAGIC_LIBS=-lmagic
 
 CC=gcc
-CFLAGS+=-Wall -pedantic -std=c99 -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=20120607L -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 $(MAGIC_CFLAGS)
+CFLAGS+=-Wall -pedantic -std=c99 -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=20120607L -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DVERSION=$(VERSION) $(MAGIC_CFLAGS)
 LIBS=-lmicrohttpd $(MAGIC_LIBS)
 
 TARGET=fileshare
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index c223826..9b9d229 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -386,13 +386,16 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
   logger_init();
 
+  LOG(LVL_INFO, "Welcome to fileshare " VERSION);
+
 #ifndef DEBUG
   // don't show debug output in release build
   logger_set_verbosity(LVL_INFO);
 #endif
 
   if (argc < 2) {
-    printf("%s <dir> [<port>]\n", argv[0]);
+    LOG(LVL_ERR, "Too few arguments!");
+    LOG(LVL_INFO, "Usage: %s <dir> [<port>]", argv[0]);
     return 1;
   }