diff --git a/Crawler/Crawler.cpp b/Crawler/Crawler.cpp
index e3900de4..6fe56733 100644
--- a/Crawler/Crawler.cpp
+++ b/Crawler/Crawler.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "Bullet.h"
 #include "Ability.h"
 #include "Class.h"
+#include "Version.h"
 #include "DEFINES.h"
 
 //192x192
@@ -684,6 +685,9 @@ void Crawler::RenderHud(){
 		}
 	}
 	DrawStringPropDecal({20,3},text,WHITE,{2,2});
+	std::string versionStr("v" + std::to_string(VERSION_MAJOR) + "." + std::to_string(VERSION_MINOR) + "." + std::to_string(VERSION_PATCH) + "." + std::to_string(VERSION_BUILD));
+	DrawStringDecal(vf2d{ GetScreenSize() } - vf2d{ GetTextSize(versionStr) }*0.6 - vf2d{ -1,0 }, versionStr, WHITE, { 0.6,0.6 });
+	DrawStringDecal(vf2d{ GetScreenSize() } - vf2d{ GetTextSize(versionStr) }*0.6, versionStr, BLACK,{0.6,0.6});
 }
 
 void Crawler::AddEffect(Effect foreground,Effect background){
diff --git a/Crawler/Crawler.rc b/Crawler/Crawler.rc
index dac9e0e4..3b6f9c4e 100644
--- a/Crawler/Crawler.rc
+++ b/Crawler/Crawler.rc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Microsoft Visual C++ generated resource script.
 //
+// ... other stuff
 #include "resource.h"
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // English (United States) resources
diff --git a/Crawler/Crawler.vcxproj b/Crawler/Crawler.vcxproj
index 0b19cfbc..a84758f1 100644
--- a/Crawler/Crawler.vcxproj
+++ b/Crawler/Crawler.vcxproj
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
+    <PreBuildEvent>
+      <Command>powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoProfile -NonInteractive -File update_version.ps1 "./version.h"</Command>
+    </PreBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -97,6 +100,9 @@
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
+    <PreBuildEvent>
+      <Command>powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoProfile -NonInteractive -File update_version.ps1 "./version.h"</Command>
+    </PreBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -110,6 +116,9 @@
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
+    <PreBuildEvent>
+      <Command>powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoProfile -NonInteractive -File update_version.ps1 "./version.h"</Command>
+    </PreBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -127,6 +136,9 @@
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
+    <PreBuildEvent>
+      <Command>powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoProfile -NonInteractive -File update_version.ps1 "./version.h"</Command>
+    </PreBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="Ability.h" />
@@ -147,6 +159,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="resource.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="resource1.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="State.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="Version.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="Ability.cpp" />
diff --git a/Crawler/Crawler.vcxproj.filters b/Crawler/Crawler.vcxproj.filters
index 88e7fd9f..23ba71d7 100644
--- a/Crawler/Crawler.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Crawler/Crawler.vcxproj.filters
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="resource.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="Version.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="Player.cpp">
diff --git a/Crawler/Version.h b/Crawler/Version.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c51fcf47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Crawler/Version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#pragma once
+#define VERSION_MAJOR 0
+#define VERSION_MINOR 2
+#define VERSION_PATCH 0
+#define VERSION_BUILD 10
diff --git a/Crawler/update_version.ps1 b/Crawler/update_version.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..146153e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Crawler/update_version.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+(Get-Content -path $args[0] -Raw) |
+    ForEach-Object {
+        $defstr="#define VERSION_BUILD ";
+        $regex="$defstr(?<BuildVersion>\d*)";
+        if($_ -match $regex) {
+            $_ = $_ -replace $regex,"$($defstr)$(([int]$matches["BuildVersion"])+1)" 
+        }
+        $_
+    } |
+    Out-File $args[0] -encoding ascii -nonewline
\ No newline at end of file