diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a6b079..2ad1ee1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 shadowsocks
 ===========
 
+Current version: 0.9
+
 shadowsocks is a lightweight tunnel proxy which can help you get through firewalls
 
 usage
diff --git a/local.py b/local.py
index 574709f..079bdb7 100755
--- a/local.py
+++ b/local.py
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ class Socks5Server(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__) or '.')
+    print 'shadowsocks v0.9'
 
     with open('config.json', 'rb') as f:
         config = json.load(f)
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index f23d72b..6af8c7a 100755
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ class Socks5Server(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__) or '.')
 
+    print 'shadowsocks v0.9'
+
     with open('config.json', 'rb') as f:
         config = json.load(f)