diff --git a/docker/dist/README.md b/docker/dist/README.md
index 6e9d8cb8d..446288fcf 100644
--- a/docker/dist/README.md
+++ b/docker/dist/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This binary distribution was created from https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2
 
-Tarball naming scheme: "nimbus-eth2\_Linux\_amd64\_<GIT COMMIT>\_<YYYYMMDDHHMMSS>.tar.gz" (the date is in UTC).
+Tarball naming scheme: "nimbus-eth2\_Linux\_amd64\_<VERSION>\_<GIT COMMIT>\_<YYYYMMDDHHMMSS>.tar.gz" (the date is in UTC).
 
 ## Reproducing the build
 
diff --git a/docker/dist/entry_point.sh b/docker/dist/entry_point.sh
index c62982865..3a733bcd1 100755
--- a/docker/dist/entry_point.sh
+++ b/docker/dist/entry_point.sh
@@ -4,20 +4,24 @@ set -e
 
 cd /home/user/nimbus-eth2
 
-PREFIX="nimbus-eth2_Linux_amd64_"
-GIT_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
-DIR="${PREFIX}${GIT_COMMIT}_$(date --utc +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')"
-DIST_PATH="dist/${DIR}"
 BINARIES="beacon_node medalla_beacon_node"
 
-# delete old artefacts
-rm -rf "dist/${PREFIX}"*.tar.gz
-
-mkdir -p "${DIST_PATH}"
-
 # we need to build everything against libraries available inside this container, including the Nim compiler
 make clean
 make -j$(nproc) LOG_LEVEL="TRACE" NIMFLAGS="-d:disableMarchNative" PARTIAL_STATIC_LINKING=1 ${BINARIES}
+
+# archive directory (we need the Nim compiler in here)
+PREFIX="nimbus-eth2_Linux_amd64_"
+GIT_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+VERSION="$(./env.sh nim --verbosity:0 --hints:off --warnings:off scripts/print_version.nims)"
+TIMESTAMP="$(date --utc +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')"
+DIR="${PREFIX}${VERSION}_${GIT_COMMIT}_${TIMESTAMP}"
+DIST_PATH="dist/${DIR}"
+# delete old artefacts
+rm -rf "dist/${PREFIX}"*.tar.gz
+mkdir -p "${DIST_PATH}"
+
+# copy and checksum binaries, copy scripts and docs
 for BINARY in ${BINARIES}; do
   cp -a ./build/${BINARY} "${DIST_PATH}/"
   cd "${DIST_PATH}"
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@ for BINARY in ${BINARIES}; do
 done
 sed -e "s/GIT_COMMIT/${GIT_COMMIT}/" docker/dist/README.md > "${DIST_PATH}/README.md"
 cp -a scripts/makedir.sh docker/dist/run_medalla_node.sh "${DIST_PATH}/"
+cp -a docs/the_nimbus_book "${DIST_PATH}/"
 
 # create the tarball
 cd dist
diff --git a/scripts/print_version.nims b/scripts/print_version.nims
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60debf524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/print_version.nims
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import ../beacon_chain/version
+
+echo versionAsStr
+