diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0265fe0..928ac34 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ Nibriboard/ClientFiles/NibriClient.js
 # # I'm not sure where in npm they come from, but we don't want them anyhow :P
 *.tmp
 
+# Exclude the auto-generated git commit hash & build date text files
+commit-hash.txt
+build-date.txt
+
 ### Autogenerated by gitignore.io ###
 
 # Autosave files
diff --git a/Nibriboard.sln b/Nibriboard.sln
index 05a9f96..908f8d0 100644
--- a/Nibriboard.sln
+++ b/Nibriboard.sln
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ Global
 		{B7F806D9-9C50-4BA8-A803-0FC2EC5F5932}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|x86
 		{B7F806D9-9C50-4BA8-A803-0FC2EC5F5932}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|x86
 	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(MonoDevelopProperties) = preSolution
+		description = @An infinite whiteeboard for those big ideas.\nThis is the main server binary.
+		version = 0.6
+	EndGlobalSection
 EndGlobal
diff --git a/Nibriboard/Nibriboard.csproj b/Nibriboard/Nibriboard.csproj
index 78cca11..e15ce68 100644
--- a/Nibriboard/Nibriboard.csproj
+++ b/Nibriboard/Nibriboard.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 		<RootNamespace>Nibriboard</RootNamespace>
 		<AssemblyName>Nibriboard</AssemblyName>
 		<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.6.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+		<ReleaseVersion>0.6</ReleaseVersion>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86' ">
 		<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
@@ -60,8 +61,6 @@
 		<Exec IgnoreExitCode="true" WorkingDirectory="$(ProjectDir)" Command="git submodule update --init" />
 		<MakeDir Directories="$(ProjectDir)/obj/client_dist" />
 		
-		<Message Importance="high" Text="------[ Gliding Squirrel ]------" />
-		<MSBuild Projects="$(ProjectDir)/lib/GlidingSquirrel/GlidingSquirrel/GlidingSquirrel.csproj" Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration)" />
 		<Message Importance="high" Text="----------[ npm build ]----------" />
 		
 		<Exec WorkingDirectory="$(ProjectDir)/ClientFiles" Condition="!Exists('node_modules/')" Command="npm install" />
@@ -81,12 +80,14 @@
 			<Output ItemName="EmbeddedResource" TaskParameter="Include" />
 		</CreateItem>
 		
-		<!-- todo: try a RemoveDir in a Before/After Clean -->
-		<ItemGroup>
-			<FileWrites Include="$(ProjectDir)/ClientFiles/node_modules/**/*" />
-		</ItemGroup>
+		<Exec WorkingDirectory="$(ProjectDir)" Command="git rev-parse HEAD &gt;commit-hash.txt" />
+		<Exec WorkingDirectory="$(ProjectDir)" Command="date --rfc-3339 seconds &gt;build-date.txt" />
 	</Target>
 	
+	<!-- todo: try a RemoveDir in a Before/After Clean -->
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<FileWrites Include="$(ProjectDir)/ClientFiles/node_modules/**/*" />
+	</ItemGroup>
 	
 	<ItemGroup>
 		<Compile Include="Program.cs" />
@@ -144,6 +145,10 @@
 		<Compile Include="Client\Messages\LineRemoveMessage.cs" />
 		<Compile Include="CommandConsole.cs" />
 	</ItemGroup>
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<EmbeddedResource Include="commit-hash.txt" />
+		<EmbeddedResource Include="build-date.txt" />
+	</ItemGroup>
 	<!--
 	<ItemGroup>
 		<EmbeddedResource Include="ClientFiles\index.html" />
diff --git a/Nibriboard/NibriboardServer.cs b/Nibriboard/NibriboardServer.cs
index 3efe1d0..4568371 100644
--- a/Nibriboard/NibriboardServer.cs
+++ b/Nibriboard/NibriboardServer.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ using System.IO;
 
 using Nibriboard.RippleSpace;
 using Nibriboard.Client;
+using System.Reflection;
+using SBRL.Utilities;
 
 namespace Nibriboard
 {
@@ -14,6 +16,29 @@ namespace Nibriboard
 	/// </summary>
 	public class NibriboardServer
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the version of this Nibriboard Server instance.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <value>The version.</value>
+		public static string Version {
+			get {
+				Version asmVersion = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version;
+				string commit = EmbeddedFiles.ReadAllText("Nibriboard.commit-hash.txt");
+				return $"{asmVersion.Major}.{asmVersion.Minor}.{asmVersion.Build}-{commit.Substring(0, 7)}";
+			}
+		}
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the date on which this Nibriboard server instance was built.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <value>The build date.</value>
+		public static DateTime BuildDate {
+			get {
+				DateTime result = DateTime.MinValue;
+				DateTime.TryParse(EmbeddedFiles.ReadAllText("Nibriboard.build-date.txt"), out result);
+				return result;
+			}
+		}
+
 		private ClientSettings clientSettings;
 
 		private CommandConsole commandServer;
diff --git a/Nibriboard/Program.cs b/Nibriboard/Program.cs
index c7d5f73..120d0c5 100644
--- a/Nibriboard/Program.cs
+++ b/Nibriboard/Program.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ namespace Nibriboard
 				}
 			}
 
-			Log.WriteLine("[core] Starting Nibriboard.");
+			Log.WriteLine($"[core] Nibriboard Server {NibriboardServer.Version}, built on {NibriboardServer.BuildDate.ToString("R")}");
+			Log.WriteLine("[core] An infinite whiteboard for those big ideas.");
+			Log.WriteLine("[core] By Starbeamrainbowlabs");
+			Log.WriteLine("[core] Starting");
 
 			Log.WriteLine("[core] Detected embedded files: ");
 			EmbeddedFiles.WriteResourceList();
diff --git a/Nibriboard/Utilities/EmbeddedFiles.cs b/Nibriboard/Utilities/EmbeddedFiles.cs
index bfb7f22..0436a80 100644
--- a/Nibriboard/Utilities/EmbeddedFiles.cs
+++ b/Nibriboard/Utilities/EmbeddedFiles.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace SBRL.Utilities
 	/// A collection of static methods for manipulating embedded resources.
 	/// </summary>
 	/// <description>
-	/// v0.3, by Starbeamrainbowlabs <feedback@starbeamrainbowlabs.com>
+	/// v0.3, by Starbeamrainbowlabs &gt;feedback@starbeamrainbowlabs.com&lt;
 	/// Last updated 8th August 2016.
 	/// Licensed under MPL-2.0.
 	///