diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 241ef7e5..2b8e20b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Requires mattermost 1.2.0+
 There is also [matterbridge-plus] (https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge-plus) which uses the mattermost API and needs a dedicated user (bot). But requires no incoming/outgoing webhook setup. 
 
 ## binaries
-Binaries can be found [here] (https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/releases/tag/v0.4.1)
+Binaries can be found [here] (https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/releases/tag/v0.4.2)
 
 ## building
 Go 1.6+ is required. Make sure you have [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install) properly installed, including setting up your [GOPATH] (https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH)
diff --git a/matterbridge.go b/matterbridge.go
index 5e0ed2d6..a40ec8a0 100644
--- a/matterbridge.go
+++ b/matterbridge.go
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/42wim/matterbridge-plus/bridge"
 	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
+var Version = "0.4.2"
+
 func init() {
 	log.SetFormatter(&log.TextFormatter{FullTimestamp: true})
 }
@@ -13,11 +16,18 @@ func init() {
 func main() {
 	flagConfig := flag.String("conf", "matterbridge.conf", "config file")
 	flagDebug := flag.Bool("debug", false, "enable debug")
+	flagVersion := flag.Bool("version", false, "show version")
+	flag.Parse()
+	if *flagVersion {
+		fmt.Println("Version:", Version)
+		return
+	}
 	flag.Parse()
 	if *flagDebug {
 		log.Info("enabling debug")
 		log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
 	}
+	fmt.Println("running version", Version)
 	bridge.NewBridge("matterbot", bridge.NewConfig(*flagConfig), "legacy")
 	select {}
 }