diff --git a/sphaira/CMakeLists.txt b/sphaira/CMakeLists.txt
index c8b6ca1..f09b3bc 100644
--- a/sphaira/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sphaira/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ execute_process(
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
 )
 
-if (GIT_DIRTY)
-    set(sphaira_VERSION_HASH "${sphaira_VERSION} ${GIT_COMMIT}")
-else()
-    set(sphaira_VERSION_HASH "${sphaira_VERSION}")
-endif()
+set(sphaira_VERSION_HASH "${sphaira_VERSION} [${GIT_COMMIT}]")
 
 add_executable(sphaira
     source/ui/menus/appstore.cpp
diff --git a/sphaira/source/app.cpp b/sphaira/source/app.cpp
index 0cd35b6..5d2e1fa 100644
--- a/sphaira/source/app.cpp
+++ b/sphaira/source/app.cpp
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ App::App(const char* argv0) {
 
     if (App::GetLogEnable()) {
         log_file_init();
-        log_write("hello world\n");
+        log_write("hello world v%s\n", APP_VERSION_HASH);
         App::Notify("Warning! Logs are enabled, Sphaira will run slowly!"_i18n);
     }