diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 23e2762..dd8a079 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ linters:
       - linters:
           - errcheck
         path: _test.go
+      - linters:
+          - forbidigo
+        path: cmd/main.go
       - linters:
           - gochecknoinits
         path: internal/logging/sse.go
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index ab44ac9..2292bd9 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/jetkvm/kvm"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	versionPtr := flag.Bool("version", false, "print version and exit")
+	versionJsonPtr := flag.Bool("version-json", false, "print version as json and exit")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *versionPtr || *versionJsonPtr {
+		versionData, err := kvm.GetVersionData(*versionJsonPtr)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("failed to get version data: %v\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		fmt.Println(string(versionData))
+		return
+	}
+
 	kvm.Main()
 }
diff --git a/dev_deploy.sh b/dev_deploy.sh
index 059e416..90ced64 100755
--- a/dev_deploy.sh
+++ b/dev_deploy.sh
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ cd "${REMOTE_PATH}"
 chmod +x jetkvm_app_debug
 
 # Run the application in the background
-PION_LOG_TRACE=${LOG_TRACE_SCOPES} GODEBUG=netdns=1 ./jetkvm_app_debug
+PION_LOG_TRACE=${LOG_TRACE_SCOPES} ./jetkvm_app_debug | tee -a /tmp/jetkvm_app_debug.log
 EOF
 
 echo "Deployment complete."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/native.go b/native.go
index 92bb3a1..9807206 100644
--- a/native.go
+++ b/native.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -366,6 +367,22 @@ func shouldOverwrite(destPath string, srcHash []byte) bool {
 	return !bytes.Equal(srcHash, dstHash)
 }
 
+func getNativeSha256() ([]byte, error) {
+	version, err := resource.ResourceFS.ReadFile("jetkvm_native.sha256")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return version, nil
+}
+
+func GetNativeVersion() (string, error) {
+	version, err := getNativeSha256()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(version)), nil
+}
+
 func ensureBinaryUpdated(destPath string) error {
 	srcFile, err := resource.ResourceFS.Open("jetkvm_native")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -373,7 +390,7 @@ func ensureBinaryUpdated(destPath string) error {
 	}
 	defer srcFile.Close()
 
-	srcHash, err := resource.ResourceFS.ReadFile("jetkvm_native.sha256")
+	srcHash, err := getNativeSha256()
 	if err != nil {
 		nativeLogger.Debug().Msg("error reading embedded jetkvm_native.sha256, proceeding with update")
 		srcHash = nil
diff --git a/ota.go b/ota.go
index cf97cc0..45603f0 100644
--- a/ota.go
+++ b/ota.go
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ const UpdateMetadataUrl = "https://api.jetkvm.com/releases"
 
 var builtAppVersion = "0.1.0+dev"
 
+func GetBuiltAppVersion() string {
+	return builtAppVersion
+}
+
 func GetLocalVersion() (systemVersion *semver.Version, appVersion *semver.Version, err error) {
 	appVersion, err = semver.NewVersion(builtAppVersion)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad774b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package kvm
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"html/template"
+	"runtime"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/version"
+)
+
+var versionInfoTmpl = `
+JetKVM Application, version {{.version}} (branch: {{.branch}}, revision: {{.revision}})
+  build date:       {{.buildDate}}
+  go version:       {{.goVersion}}
+  platform:         {{.platform}}
+
+{{if .nativeVersion}}
+JetKVM Native, version {{.nativeVersion}}
+{{end}}
+`
+
+func GetVersionData(isJson bool) ([]byte, error) {
+	version.Version = GetBuiltAppVersion()
+
+	m := map[string]string{
+		"version":   version.Version,
+		"revision":  version.GetRevision(),
+		"branch":    version.Branch,
+		"buildDate": version.BuildDate,
+		"goVersion": version.GoVersion,
+		"platform":  runtime.GOOS + "/" + runtime.GOARCH,
+	}
+
+	nativeVersion, err := GetNativeVersion()
+	if err == nil {
+		m["nativeVersion"] = nativeVersion
+	}
+
+	if isJson {
+		jsonData, err := json.Marshal(m)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return jsonData, nil
+	}
+
+	t := template.Must(template.New("version").Parse(versionInfoTmpl))
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := t.ExecuteTemplate(&buf, "version", m); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}