diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversioninfo.cc b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversioninfo.cc
index 96520af62..04f03322f 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversioninfo.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversioninfo.cc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 std::string RsUtil::retroshareVersion()
 {
 	std::string version;
-	rs_sprintf(version, "%d.%d.%d%s Revision %d", RS_MAJOR_VERSION, RS_MINOR_VERSION, RS_BUILD_NUMBER, RS_BUILD_NUMBER_ADD, RS_REVISION_NUMBER);
+	rs_sprintf(version, "%d.%d.%d%s Revision %08x", RS_MAJOR_VERSION, RS_MINOR_VERSION, RS_BUILD_NUMBER, RS_BUILD_NUMBER_ADD, RS_REVISION_NUMBER);
 
 	return version;
 }
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh b/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh
index b9fbead07..d13a30978 100755
--- a/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh
+++ b/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh
@@ -5,24 +5,24 @@ set +e
 
 if ( git log -n 1 &> /dev/null); then
 	#retrieve git information
-	version="git : $(git status | grep branch | cut -c 13-) $(git log -n 1 | grep commit | cut -c 8-)"
+	version="$(git log --pretty=format:"%H" | head -1 | cut -c1-8)"
 fi
 
-if ( git log -n 1 | grep svn &> /dev/null); then
-	#retrieve git svn information
-	version="${version}  svn : $(git log -n 1 | awk '/svn/ {print $2}' | head -1 | sed 's/.*@//')"
-elif ( git log -n 10 | grep svn &> /dev/null); then
-	#retrieve git svn information
-	version="${version}  svn closest version : $(git log -n 10 | awk '/svn/ {print $2}' | head -1 | sed 's/.*@//')"
-fi
+# if ( git log -n 1 | grep svn &> /dev/null); then
+# 	#retrieve git svn information
+# 	version="${version}  svn : $(git log -n 1 | awk '/svn/ {print $2}' | head -1 | sed 's/.*@//')"
+# elif ( git log -n 10 | grep svn &> /dev/null); then
+# 	#retrieve git svn information
+# 	version="${version}  svn closest version : $(git log -n 10 | awk '/svn/ {print $2}' | head -1 | sed 's/.*@//')"
+# fi
 
-if ( svn info &> /dev/null); then
-	version=$(svn info | awk '/^Revision:/ {print $NF}')
-fi
+# if ( svn info &> /dev/null); then
+# 	version=$(svn info | awk '/^Revision:/ {print $NF}')
+# fi
 
 if [[ ${version} != '' ]]; then
 	echo "Writing version to retroshare/rsversion.h : ${version}"
-	sed -e "s%RS_REVISION_NUMBER.*%RS_REVISION_NUMBER   ${version}%" retroshare/rsversion.in >retroshare/rsversion.h
+	sed -e "s%RS_REVISION_NUMBER.*%RS_REVISION_NUMBER   0x${version}%" retroshare/rsversion.in >retroshare/rsversion.h
 fi
 echo "script version_detail.sh finished normally"
 exit 0
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/rshare.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/rshare.cpp
index 46dbc8c3f..8c049b3c5 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/rshare.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/rshare.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ QString Rshare::retroshareVersion(bool withRevision)
 {
 	QString version = QString("%1.%2.%3%4").arg(RS_MAJOR_VERSION).arg(RS_MINOR_VERSION).arg(RS_BUILD_NUMBER).arg(RS_BUILD_NUMBER_ADD);
 	if (withRevision) {
-		version += QString(" %1 %2").arg(tr("Revision")).arg(RS_REVISION_NUMBER);
+		version += QString(" %1 %2").arg(tr("Revision")).arg(QString::number(RS_REVISION_NUMBER,16));
 	}
 
 	return version;