diff --git a/libdino/CMakeLists.txt b/libdino/CMakeLists.txt
index ce836f62..20f5ffee 100644
--- a/libdino/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libdino/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ DEPENDS
     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/exports/dino_i18n.h
 )
 
-add_definitions(${VALA_CFLAGS} -DDINO_SYSTEM_PLUGIN_DIR="${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR}" -DDINO_SYSTEM_LIBDIR_NAME="${LIBDIR_NAME}" -DG_LOG_DOMAIN="libdino")
+add_definitions(${VALA_CFLAGS} -DDINO_SYSTEM_PLUGIN_DIR="${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR}" -DDINO_SYSTEM_LIBDIR_NAME="${LIBDIR_NAME}" -DG_LOG_DOMAIN="libdino" -DDINO_VERSION=\"${PROJECT_VERSION}\")
 add_library(libdino SHARED ${LIBDINO_VALA_C} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/exports/dino_i18n.h)
 add_dependencies(libdino dino-vapi)
 target_link_libraries(libdino xmpp-vala qlite ${LIBDINO_PACKAGES} m)
diff --git a/libdino/src/application.vala b/libdino/src/application.vala
index f381c21d..9b36dd79 100644
--- a/libdino/src/application.vala
+++ b/libdino/src/application.vala
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 using Dino.Entities;
 
 namespace Dino {
+
 extern const string VERSION;
+public string get_version() { return VERSION; }
+public string get_short_version() {
+    if (!VERSION.contains("~")) return VERSION;
+    return VERSION.split("~")[0] + "+";
+}
 
 public interface Application : GLib.Application {
 
diff --git a/main/CMakeLists.txt b/main/CMakeLists.txt
index e052785a..2326253c 100644
--- a/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ OPTIONS
     ${MAIN_EXTRA_OPTIONS}
 )
 
-add_definitions(${VALA_CFLAGS} -DGETTEXT_PACKAGE=\"${GETTEXT_PACKAGE}\" -DLOCALE_INSTALL_DIR=\"${LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR}\" -DDINO_VERSION=\"${PROJECT_VERSION}\")
+add_definitions(${VALA_CFLAGS} -DGETTEXT_PACKAGE=\"${GETTEXT_PACKAGE}\" -DLOCALE_INSTALL_DIR=\"${LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR}\")
 add_executable(dino ${MAIN_VALA_C} ${MAIN_GRESOURCES_TARGET} src/emojichooser.c)
 add_dependencies(dino ${GETTEXT_PACKAGE}-translations)
 target_include_directories(dino PRIVATE src)
diff --git a/main/src/ui/application.vala b/main/src/ui/application.vala
index 2fd5320e..6c02087f 100644
--- a/main/src/ui/application.vala
+++ b/main/src/ui/application.vala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class Dino.Ui.Application : Gtk.Application, Dino.Application {
 
         startup.connect(() => {
             if (print_version) {
-                print(@"Dino $(Dino.VERSION)\n");
+                print(@"Dino $(Dino.get_version())\n");
                 Process.exit(0);
             }
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public class Dino.Ui.Application : Gtk.Application, Dino.Application {
     }
 
     private void show_about_window() {
-        string? version = Dino.VERSION.strip().length == 0 ? null : Dino.VERSION;
+        string? version = Dino.get_version().strip().length == 0 ? null : Dino.get_version();
         if (version != null && !version.contains("git")) {
             switch (version.substring(0, 3)) {
                 case "0.2": version = @"$version - <span font_style='italic'>Mexican Caribbean Coral Reefs</span>"; break;