diff --git a/Earthfile b/Earthfile
index 77b27a8..696f424 100644
--- a/Earthfile
+++ b/Earthfile
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ version:
     FROM alpine
     RUN apk add git
     COPY . ./
-    RUN --no-cache echo $(git describe --always --tags --dirty) > VERSION
+    RUN --no-cache echo $(git describe --tags | sed 's/\(.*\)-.*/\1/') > VERSION
+    RUN --no-cache echo $(git describe --always --dirty) > COMMIT
     ARG VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
+    ARG COMMIT=$(cat COMMMIT)
+    SAVE ARTIFACT COMMIT COMMIT
     SAVE ARTIFACT VERSION VERSION
 
 golang-image:
@@ -58,8 +61,10 @@ build-immucore:
     COPY --dir internal /work
     COPY --dir pkg /work
     COPY +version/VERSION ./
+    COPY +version/COMMIT ./
     ARG VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
-    ARG LDFLAGS="-s -w -X github.com/kairos-io/immucore/internal/version.version=$VERSION"
+    ARG COMMIT=$(cat COMMIT)
+    ARG LDFLAGS="-s -w -X github.com/kairos-io/immucore/internal/version.version=$VERSION -X github.com/kairos-io/immucore/internal/version.gitCommit=$COMMIT"
     RUN echo ${LDFLAGS}
     RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o immucore -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}"
     SAVE ARTIFACT /work/immucore immucore AS LOCAL build/immucore-$VERSION
diff --git a/internal/cmd/commands.go b/internal/cmd/commands.go
index b7a41ae..0f7c66b 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/commands.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/commands.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/kairos-io/immucore/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/kairos-io/immucore/internal/version"
 	"github.com/kairos-io/immucore/pkg/mount"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ Sends a generic event payload with the configuration found in the scanned direct
 				zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.DebugLevel)
 			}
 
+			v := version.Get()
+			log.Logger.Info().Str("commit", v.GitCommit).Str("compiled with", v.GoVersion).Str("version", v.Version).Msg("Immucore")
+
 			g := herd.DAG(herd.EnableInit)
 
 			// You can pass rd.cos.disable in the cmdline to disable the whole immutable stuff
@@ -86,4 +90,15 @@ Sends a generic event payload with the configuration found in the scanned direct
 			return err
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		Name:  "version",
+		Usage: "version",
+		Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+			log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr}).With().Logger()
+			zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel)
+			v := version.Get()
+			log.Logger.Info().Str("commit", v.GitCommit).Str("compiled with", v.GoVersion).Str("version", v.Version).Msg("Immucore")
+			return nil
+		},
+	},
 }
diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index 7c64f3a..83f5b25 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import "runtime"
 
 var (
 	version = "v0.0.1"
-	// gitCommit is the git sha1
+	// gitCommit is the git sha1 + dirty if build from a dirty git
 	gitCommit = ""
 )
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3ca0d47..f648f3d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/kairos-io/immucore/internal/version"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/kairos-io/immucore/internal/cmd"
-
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
@@ -24,8 +22,6 @@ func main() {
 
 		Commands: cmd.Commands,
 	}
-	
-	fmt.Println(version.Get())
 
 	err := app.Run(os.Args)
 	if err != nil {