diff --git a/bin/browse-url b/bin/browse-url
index 9fd6311..bbbc925 100755
--- a/bin/browse-url
+++ b/bin/browse-url
@@ -5,24 +5,26 @@ import argparse
 import os
 import sys
 import logging
-from umbra.browser import Browser
+import umbra
 
-arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]),
+arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=os.path.basename(__file__),
         description='browse-url - open urls in chrome/chromium and run behaviors',
         formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
+arg_parser.add_argument('urls', metavar='URL', nargs='+', help='URL(s) to browse')
 arg_parser.add_argument('-w', '--browser-wait', dest='browser_wait', default='60',
         help='seconds to wait for browser initialization')
 arg_parser.add_argument('-e', '--executable', dest='chrome_exe', default='chromium-browser',
         help='executable to use to invoke chrome')
 arg_parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', dest='log_level',
         action="store_const", default=logging.INFO, const=logging.DEBUG)
-arg_parser.add_argument('urls', metavar='URL', nargs='+', help='URL(s) to browse')
+arg_parser.add_argument('--version', action='version',
+        version="umbra {} - {}".format(umbra.version, os.path.basename(__file__)))
 args = arg_parser.parse_args(args=sys.argv[1:])
 
 logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=args.log_level,
         format='%(asctime)s %(process)d %(levelname)s %(threadName)s %(name)s.%(funcName)s(%(filename)s:%(lineno)d) %(message)s')
 
-browser = Browser(chrome_exe=args.chrome_exe, chrome_wait=args.browser_wait)
+browser = umbra.Browser(chrome_exe=args.chrome_exe, chrome_wait=args.browser_wait)
 for url in args.urls:
     browser.browse_page(url)
 
diff --git a/bin/drain-queue b/bin/drain-queue
index f198d15..2798c8c 100755
--- a/bin/drain-queue
+++ b/bin/drain-queue
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import sys
 import argparse
 import logging
 import socket
+import umbra
 from kombu import Connection, Exchange, Queue
 
-arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]),
+arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=os.path.basename(__file__),
         description='drain-queue - consume messages from AMQP queue',
         formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
 arg_parser.add_argument('-u', '--url', dest='amqp_url', default='amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2f',
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ arg_parser.add_argument('-r', '--run-forever', dest='run_forever', action="store
         default=False, const=True, help="run forever, waiting for new messages to appear on the queue (default: exit when all messages in the queue have been consumed)")
 arg_parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', dest='log_level',
         action="store_const", default=logging.INFO, const=logging.DEBUG)
+arg_parser.add_argument('--version', action='version',
+        version="umbra {} - {}".format(umbra.version, os.path.basename(__file__)))
 args = arg_parser.parse_args(args=sys.argv[1:])
 
 logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stderr, level=args.log_level,
diff --git a/bin/queue-url b/bin/queue-url
index 272c2e7..a56d806 100755
--- a/bin/queue-url
+++ b/bin/queue-url
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import os
 import sys
 import argparse
 import logging
+import umbra
 from kombu import Connection, Exchange, Queue
 
-arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]),
+arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=os.path.basename(__file__),
         description='queue-url - send url to umbra via AMQP',
         formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
 arg_parser.add_argument('-u', '--url', dest='amqp_url', default='amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2f',
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ arg_parser.add_argument('-i', '--client-id', dest='client_id', default='load_url
         help='client id - included in the json payload with each url; umbra uses this value as the routing key to send requests back to')
 arg_parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', dest='log_level',
         action="store_const", default=logging.INFO, const=logging.DEBUG)
+arg_parser.add_argument('--version', action='version',
+        version="umbra {} - {}".format(umbra.version, os.path.basename(__file__)))
 arg_parser.add_argument('urls', metavar='URL', nargs='+', help='URLs to send to umbra')
 args = arg_parser.parse_args(args=sys.argv[1:])
 
diff --git a/bin/umbra b/bin/umbra
index 167f200..050a715 100755
--- a/bin/umbra
+++ b/bin/umbra
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ if __name__=="__main__":
             help='Max number of chrome instances simultaneously browsing pages')
     arg_parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', dest='log_level',
             action="store_const", default=logging.INFO, const=logging.DEBUG)
+    arg_parser.add_argument('--version', action='version',
+            version="umbra {}".format(umbra.version, os.path.basename(__file__)))
     args = arg_parser.parse_args(args=sys.argv[1:])
 
     logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=args.log_level,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ae5c4ab..891f82a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,8 +3,27 @@
 import setuptools
 import glob
 
+VERSION_BYTES = b'0.2'
+
+def full_version_bytes():
+    import subprocess, time
+    try:
+        git_branch = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'symbolic-ref', '--short', 'HEAD'])
+        t_bytes = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'log', '-1', '--pretty=format:%ct'])
+        t = int(t_bytes.strip().decode('utf-8'))
+        tm = time.gmtime(t)
+        timestamp_utc = time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S", time.gmtime(t))
+        return VERSION_BYTES + b'-' + git_branch.strip() + b'-' + timestamp_utc.encode('utf-8')
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        return VERSION_BYTES
+
+version_bytes = full_version_bytes()
+with open('umbra/version.txt', 'wb') as out:
+    out.write(version_bytes)
+    out.write(b'\n');
+
 setuptools.setup(name='umbra',
-        version='0.1',
+        version=version_bytes.decode('utf-8'),
         description='Browser automation via chrome debug protocol',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/umbra',
         author='Eldon Stegall',
@@ -12,9 +31,9 @@ setuptools.setup(name='umbra',
         long_description=open('README.md').read(),
         license='Apache License 2.0',
         packages=['umbra'],
-        package_data={'umbra':['behaviors.d/*.js']},
+        package_data={'umbra':['behaviors.d/*.js', 'version.txt']},
         install_requires=['kombu', 'websocket-client-py3==0.13.1','argparse'],
-        scripts=glob.glob("bin/*"),
+        scripts=glob.glob('bin/*'),
         zip_safe=False,
         classifiers=[
             'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha Development Status',
diff --git a/umbra/__init__.py b/umbra/__init__.py
index b8964b2..7372e40 100644
--- a/umbra/__init__.py
+++ b/umbra/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
 from umbra.browser import Browser
 from umbra.controller import AmqpBrowserController
 Umbra = AmqpBrowserController
+
+def _read_version():
+    import os
+    version_txt = os.path.sep.join(__file__.split(os.path.sep)[:-1] + ['version.txt'])
+    with open(version_txt, 'rb') as fin:
+        version_bytes = fin.read()
+        return version_bytes.strip().decode('utf-8')
+
+version = _read_version()
+
+# vim: set sw=4 et:
diff --git a/umbra/behaviors.py b/umbra/behaviors.py
index c8acfbf..52bce1c 100644
--- a/umbra/behaviors.py
+++ b/umbra/behaviors.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import time
 import sys
 
 class Behavior:
-    logger = logging.getLogger('umbra.behaviors.Behavior')
+    logger = logging.getLogger(__module__ + "." + __qualname__)
 
     _behaviors = None
     _default_behavior = None