diff --git a/cmd/tar-split/main.go b/cmd/tar-split/main.go
index f24dce5..b417120 100644
--- a/cmd/tar-split/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tar-split/main.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// go:generate git tag | tail -1
 package main
 
 import (
@@ -6,13 +5,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
+	"github.com/vbatts/tar-split/version"
 )
 
 func main() {
 	app := cli.NewApp()
 	app.Name = "tar-split"
 	app.Usage = "tar assembly and disassembly utility"
-	app.Version = "0.9.2"
+	app.Version = version.VERSION
 	app.Author = "Vincent Batts"
 	app.Email = "vbatts@hashbangbash.com"
 	app.Action = cli.ShowAppHelp
diff --git a/version/gen.go b/version/gen.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d290d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version/gen.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package version
+
+// from `go get github.com/vbatts/go-get-version`
+//go:generate go-get-version -package version -variable VERSION -output version.go
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b86fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package version
+// AUTO-GENEREATED. DO NOT EDIT
+// 2015-08-14 09:56:50.742727493 -0400 EDT
+
+// VERSION is the generated version from /home/vbatts/src/vb/tar-split/version
+var VERSION = "v0.9.6-1-gc76e420"
+ 
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