diff --git a/TGServerService/Chat.cs b/TGServerService/Chat.cs
index ceac94db14..3c1ab9b2e4 100644
--- a/TGServerService/Chat.cs
+++ b/TGServerService/Chat.cs
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ namespace TGServerService
 				return "Use this command in the admin channel!";
 			return null;
 		}
-
+		
+		//cleanup
 		void DisposeChat()
 		{
 			if (ChatProvider != null)
@@ -167,6 +168,8 @@ namespace TGServerService
 					if (parameters.Count < 1)
 						return "Usage: namecheck <target>";
 					return NameCheck(parameters[0], speaker);
+				case "version":
+					return TGServerService.Version;
 				case "kek":
 					return "kek";
 			}
diff --git a/TGServerService/IRC.cs b/TGServerService/IRC.cs
index ef71516300..d6016aef35 100644
--- a/TGServerService/IRC.cs
+++ b/TGServerService/IRC.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace TGServerService
 			irc = new IrcFeatures() { SupportNonRfc = true };
 			irc.OnChannelMessage += Irc_OnChannelMessage;
 			irc.OnQueryMessage += Irc_OnQueryMessage;
-			irc.CtcpUserInfo = "/tg/station 13 Server Service " + System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location).FileVersion;
+			irc.CtcpUserInfo = TGServerService.Version;
 		}
 
 		//public api
diff --git a/TGServerService/ServerService.cs b/TGServerService/ServerService.cs
index eae04d0c09..c7fbc1d1bb 100644
--- a/TGServerService/ServerService.cs
+++ b/TGServerService/ServerService.cs
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ namespace TGServerService
 
 		static TGServerService ActiveService;   //So everyone else can write to our eventlog
 
+		public static readonly string Version = "/tg/station 13 Server Service " + FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location).FileVersion;
+
 		public static void WriteInfo(string message, EventID id)
 		{
 			ActiveService.EventLog.WriteEntry(message, EventLogEntryType.Information, (int)id);