diff --git a/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh b/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh
index 20f0b7bf5..3a3da64b7 100755
--- a/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh
+++ b/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+#don't exit even if a command fails
+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-)"
@@ -21,3 +25,5 @@ if [[ $version != '' ]]; then
 	echo "Writing version to util/rsversion.h : $version "
 	sed -i "s/LIB_VERSION .*/LIB_VERSION \"$version\"/g" util/rsversion.h
 fi
+echo "script version_detail.sh finished normally"
+exit 0
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/version_detail.sh b/retroshare-gui/src/version_detail.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..28574dda0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/version_detail.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#check if we're on *nix system
+#write the version.html file
+
+#don't exit even if a command fails
+set +e
+
+if (ls &> /dev/null); then
+	echo "Retroshare Gui version : " > gui/help/version.html
+	if ( /usr/bin/git log -n 1 &> /dev/null); then
+		#retrieve git information
+		echo "Git version : $(git status | grep branch | cut -c 3-) $(git log -n 1 | grep commit)" >> gui/help/version.html
+	fi
+	if ( /usr/bin/git log -n 1 | grep svn &> /dev/null); then
+		#retrieve git svn information
+		echo "Svn version : $(git log -n 1 | grep svn | awk '{print $2}' | head -1)" >> gui/help/version.html
+	elif ( /usr/bin/git log -n 10 | grep svn &> /dev/null); then
+		#retrieve git svn information
+		echo "Svn closest version : $(git log -n 10 | grep svn | awk '{print $2}' | head -1)" >> gui/help/version.html
+	fi
+
+	if ( /usr/bin/svn info &> /dev/null); then
+		echo "Svn version : $(svn info | head -n 5 | tail -1)" >> gui/help/version.html
+	fi
+	date >> gui/help/version.html
+	echo "" >> gui/help/version.html
+	echo "" >> gui/help/version.html
+fi
+
+#write the rsversion.h file
+if ( git log -n 1 &> /dev/null); then
+	#retrieve git information
+	version="git : $(git status | grep branch | cut -c 6-) $(git log -n 1 | grep commit)"
+fi
+
+if ( git log -n 1 | grep svn &> /dev/null); then
+	#retrieve git svn information
+	version="$version  svn : $(git log -n 1 | grep svn | awk '{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 | grep svn | awk '{print $2}' | head -1 | sed 's/.*@//')"
+fi
+
+if ( svn info &> /dev/null); then
+	version=$(svn info | head -n 5 | tail -1)
+fi
+if [[ $version != '' ]]; then
+	version="$version  date : $(date +'%T %m.%d.%y')"
+	echo "Writing version to util/rsversion.h : $version "
+	sed -i "s/GUI_VERSION .*/GUI_VERSION \"$version\"/g" util/rsversion.h
+fi
+echo "version_detail.sh scripts finished"
+exit 0