diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fda534b..b0f46a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 *.dylib
 ./FLEcli
 test/output/temp/*
+./dist/*
 
 # Test binary, built with `go test -c`
 *.test
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 73f2eb3..946ffbe 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 before:
   hooks:
     # Update the version so that it is included in the app
-    - ./update-version.sh
+    #- ./update-version.sh
 builds:
 - goos:
   - linux
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ builds:
       goarch: 386
     - goos: windows
       goarch: amd64
+  ldflags:
+    - -s -w -X "FLEcli/cmd.VersionString={{.Version}} ({{.ShortCommit}})"
   env:
   - CGO_ENABLED=0
 archives:
diff --git a/FLEcli b/FLEcli
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c9beac7
Binary files /dev/null and b/FLEcli differ
diff --git a/cmd/FLEcli_version.go b/cmd/FLEcli_version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 009baab..0000000
--- a/cmd/FLEcli_version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
- 
-//VersionString is the version that will be displayed with the -v switch
-const VersionString = "v0.0.0-1-gb4c7401 (2020-07-18)"
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 3927763..e3468a0 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 var cfgFile string
 var inputFilename string
 var isInterpolateTime bool
+var VersionString string
 
 // rootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
diff --git a/update-version.sh b/update-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6b57731..0000000
--- a/update-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-VERSION_FROM_GIT=$(git describe --tags)
-BUILD_TIME=$(date +%F)
-
-echo "Building version ${VERSION_FROM_GIT}"
-
-echo "package cmd" > cmd/FLEcli_version.go
-echo " " >> cmd/FLEcli_version.go
-echo "//VersionString is the version that will be displayed with the -v switch" >> cmd/FLEcli_version.go
-echo "const VersionString = \"${VERSION_FROM_GIT} (${BUILD_TIME})\"" >> cmd/FLEcli_version.go