diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index afe21cc5e8..8ba5d6e4ff 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Os
 
 plugins {
@@ -25,6 +26,13 @@ run {
     }
 }
 
+processResources {
+    from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
+        include '**/*.properties'
+        filter(ReplaceTokens, tokens: [ 'app.version': project.version ])
+    }
+}
+
 repositories {
     jcenter()
     maven { url 'http://partnerdemo.artifactoryonline.com/partnerdemo/libs-snapshots-local' }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/app/BitsquareEnvironment.java b/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/app/BitsquareEnvironment.java
index daa5f15680..57a5ade700 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/app/BitsquareEnvironment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/app/BitsquareEnvironment.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
 public class BitsquareEnvironment extends StandardEnvironment {
 
+    public static final String APP_VERSION_KEY = "app.version";
+
     public static final String USER_DATA_DIR_KEY = "user.data.dir";
     public static final String DEFAULT_USER_DATA_DIR = defaultUserDataDir();
 
@@ -90,13 +92,28 @@ public class BitsquareEnvironment extends StandardEnvironment {
     }
 
 
+    PropertySource<?> filesystemProperties() throws Exception {
+        String location = String.format("file:%s/bitsquare.properties", appDataDir);
+        Resource resource = resourceLoader.getResource(location);
+
+        if (!resource.exists())
+            return new PropertySource.StubPropertySource(BITSQUARE_FILESYSTEM_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME);
+
+        return new ResourcePropertySource(BITSQUARE_FILESYSTEM_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME, resource);
+    }
+
+    PropertySource<?> classpathProperties() throws Exception {
+        Resource resource = resourceLoader.getResource("classpath:bitsquare.properties");
+        return new ResourcePropertySource(BITSQUARE_CLASSPATH_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME, resource);
+    }
+
     PropertySource<?> defaultProperties() throws Exception {
         return new PropertiesPropertySource(BITSQUARE_DEFAULT_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME, new Properties() {{
             setProperty(APP_DATA_DIR_KEY, appDataDir);
             setProperty(APP_NAME_KEY, appName);
 
             setProperty(UserAgent.NAME_KEY, appName);
-            setProperty(UserAgent.VERSION_KEY, "0.1");
+            setProperty(UserAgent.VERSION_KEY, BitsquareEnvironment.this.getRequiredProperty(APP_VERSION_KEY));
 
             setProperty(WalletFacade.DIR_KEY, appDataDir);
             setProperty(WalletFacade.PREFIX_KEY, appName);
@@ -108,21 +125,6 @@ public class BitsquareEnvironment extends StandardEnvironment {
         }});
     }
 
-    PropertySource<?> classpathProperties() throws Exception {
-        Resource resource = resourceLoader.getResource("classpath:bitsquare.properties");
-        return new ResourcePropertySource(BITSQUARE_CLASSPATH_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME, resource);
-    }
-
-    PropertySource<?> filesystemProperties() throws Exception {
-        String location = String.format("file:%s/bitsquare.conf", appDataDir);
-        Resource resource = resourceLoader.getResource(location);
-
-        if (!resource.exists())
-            return new PropertySource.StubPropertySource(BITSQUARE_FILESYSTEM_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME);
-
-        return new ResourcePropertySource(BITSQUARE_FILESYSTEM_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME, resource);
-    }
-
 
     private static String defaultUserDataDir() {
         String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/app/gui/BitsquareApp.java b/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/app/gui/BitsquareApp.java
index 188c30ada9..1160edffce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/app/gui/BitsquareApp.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/app/gui/BitsquareApp.java
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ import io.bitsquare.gui.ViewLoader;
 import io.bitsquare.gui.components.Popups;
 import io.bitsquare.gui.util.ImageUtil;
 import io.bitsquare.persistence.Persistence;
-import io.bitsquare.preferences.ApplicationPreferences;
 import io.bitsquare.user.User;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 
 import com.google.inject.Guice;
@@ -48,6 +46,7 @@ import javafx.stage.Stage;
 
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import static io.bitsquare.app.BitsquareEnvironment.*;
 
 public class BitsquareApp extends Application {
@@ -62,8 +61,7 @@ public class BitsquareApp extends Application {
 
     @Override
     public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws IOException {
-        Preconditions.checkArgument(env != null, "Environment must not be null");
-
+        checkNotNull(env, "Environment must not be null");
         bitsquareAppModule = new BitsquareAppModule(env, primaryStage);
         injector = Guice.createInjector(bitsquareAppModule);
 
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@ public class BitsquareApp extends Application {
         // load and apply any stored settings
 
         User user = injector.getInstance(User.class);
-        ApplicationPreferences applicationPreferences = injector.getInstance(ApplicationPreferences.class);
         AccountSettings accountSettings = injector.getInstance(AccountSettings.class);
         Persistence persistence = injector.getInstance(Persistence.class);
         persistence.init();
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/app/gui/BitsquareAppMain.java b/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/app/gui/BitsquareAppMain.java
index da72226152..18da83cfd6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/app/gui/BitsquareAppMain.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/app/gui/BitsquareAppMain.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class BitsquareAppMain extends BitsquareExecutable {
         parser.accepts(USER_DATA_DIR_KEY, "User data directory").withRequiredArg().defaultsTo(DEFAULT_USER_DATA_DIR);
         parser.accepts(APP_NAME_KEY, "Application name").withRequiredArg().defaultsTo(DEFAULT_APP_NAME);
         parser.accepts(APP_DATA_DIR_KEY, "Application data directory").withRequiredArg().defaultsTo(DEFAULT_APP_DATA_DIR);
-        parser.accepts(NAME_KEY, "Network name").withRequiredArg();
+        parser.accepts(NAME_KEY, "Name of this node").withRequiredArg();
         parser.accepts(PORT_KEY, "Port to listen on").withRequiredArg().defaultsTo(String.valueOf(Node.DEFAULT_PORT));
         parser.accepts(BITCOIN_NETWORK_KEY).withRequiredArg().defaultsTo(BitcoinModule.DEFAULT_BITCOIN_NETWORK);
         parser.accepts(BOOTSTRAP_NODE_NAME_KEY).withRequiredArg().defaultsTo(BootstrapNodes.DEFAULT.getName());
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/network/Node.java b/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/network/Node.java
index 349f9dcfce..08252e8e0a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/network/Node.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/bitsquare/network/Node.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ package io.bitsquare.network;
 import com.google.common.base.Objects;
 
 public final class Node {
-    public static final String NAME_KEY = "name";
-    public static final String PORT_KEY = "port";
+    public static final String NAME_KEY = "node.name";
+    public static final String PORT_KEY = "node.port";
 
     /**
      * Default port is one <a
diff --git a/src/main/resources/bitsquare.properties b/src/main/resources/bitsquare.properties
index 93b4dec9d3..50d6961e71 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/bitsquare.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/bitsquare.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-# Empty for now; see ConfigLoader
\ No newline at end of file
+app.version=@app.version@
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/bitsquare/app/BitsquareEnvironmentTests.java b/src/test/java/io/bitsquare/app/BitsquareEnvironmentTests.java
index e9c94fbf4c..f427554783 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/bitsquare/app/BitsquareEnvironmentTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/bitsquare/app/BitsquareEnvironmentTests.java
@@ -17,15 +17,18 @@
 
 package io.bitsquare.app;
 
+import io.bitsquare.btc.UserAgent;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.core.env.ConfigurableEnvironment;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.core.env.MutablePropertySources;
 import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.mock.env.MockPropertySource;
 
 import static io.bitsquare.app.BitsquareEnvironment.*;
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource.named;
 import static org.springframework.core.env.StandardEnvironment.SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME;
@@ -58,4 +61,15 @@ public class BitsquareEnvironmentTests {
         assertThat(env.getProperty("key.x"), equalTo("x.commandline")); // commandline value wins due to precedence
         assertThat(env.getProperty("key.y"), equalTo("y.env")); // env value wins because it's the only one available
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void bitsquareVersionShouldBeAvailable() {
+        // we cannot actually test for the value because (a) it requires Gradle's
+        // processResources task filtering (which does not happen within IDEA) and
+        // (b) because we do not know the specific version to test for. Instead just
+        // test that the property has been made available.
+        Environment env = new BitsquareEnvironment(new MockPropertySource());
+        assertThat(env.containsProperty(APP_VERSION_KEY), is(true));
+        assertThat(env.getProperty(UserAgent.VERSION_KEY), equalTo(env.getProperty(APP_VERSION_KEY)));
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file