diff --git a/mumbleBot.py b/mumbleBot.py
index f1bc8ef..bef92b4 100644
--- a/mumbleBot.py
+++ b/mumbleBot.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class MumbleBot:
 
     def __init__(self, args):
         self.log = logging.getLogger("bot")
-        self.log.info(f"bot: botamusique version {self.version}, starting...")
+        self.log.info(f"bot: botamusique version {self.get_version()}, starting...")
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.ctrl_caught)
         self.cmd_handle = {}
 
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ class MumbleBot:
 
         if var.config.get("bot", "when_nobody_in_channel", fallback='') in ['pause', 'pause_resume', 'stop']:
             user_change_callback = \
-                lambda user, action: threading.Thread(target=self.users_changed, args=(user, action), daemon=True).start()
+                lambda user, action: threading.Thread(target=self.users_changed,
+                                                      args=(user, action), daemon=True).start()
             self.mumble.callbacks.set_callback(pymumble.constants.PYMUMBLE_CLBK_USERREMOVED, user_change_callback)
             self.mumble.callbacks.set_callback(pymumble.constants.PYMUMBLE_CLBK_USERUPDATED, user_change_callback)
 
@@ -172,7 +173,13 @@ class MumbleBot:
         self.redirect_ffmpeg_log = var.config.getboolean('debug', 'redirect_ffmpeg_log', fallback=True)
 
         if var.config.getboolean("bot", "auto_check_update"):
-            th = threading.Thread(target=self.check_update, name="UpdateThread")
+            def check_update():
+                nonlocal self
+                new_version, changelog = util.check_update(self.get_version())
+                if new_version:
+                    self.send_channel_msg(tr('new_version_found', new_version=new_version, changelog=changelog))
+
+            th = threading.Thread(target=check_update, name="UpdateThread")
             th.daemon = True
             th.start()
 
@@ -199,17 +206,11 @@ class MumbleBot:
 
         self.exit = True
 
-    def check_update(self):
-        self.log.debug("update: checking for updates...")
-        new_version = util.new_release_version(var.config.get('bot', 'target_version'))
-        if version.parse(new_version) > version.parse(self.version) and var.config.get('bot', 'target_version') == "stable":
-            changelog = util.fetch_changelog()
-            self.log.info(f"update: new version {new_version} found, current installed version {self.version}.")
-            self.log.info(f"update: changelog: {changelog}")
-            changelog = changelog.replace("\n", "<br>")
-            self.send_channel_msg(tr('new_version_found', new_version=new_version, changelog=changelog))
+    def get_version(self):
+        if self.version != "git":
+            return self.version
         else:
-            self.log.debug("update: no new version found.")
+            return util.get_snapshot_version()
 
     def register_command(self, cmd, handle, no_partial_match=False, access_outside_channel=False, admin=False):
         cmds = cmd.split(",")
diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
index ab53c86..d66239b 100644
--- a/util.py
+++ b/util.py
@@ -114,6 +114,22 @@ def fetch_changelog():
     return c
 
 
+def check_update(current_version):
+    global log
+    log.debug("update: checking for updates...")
+    new_version = new_release_version(var.config.get('bot', 'target_version'))
+    if version.parse(new_version) > version.parse(current_version) \
+            and var.config.get('bot', 'target_version') == "stable":
+        changelog = fetch_changelog()
+        log.info(f"update: new version {new_version} found, current installed version {current_version}.")
+        log.info(f"update: changelog: {changelog}")
+        changelog = changelog.replace("\n", "<br>")
+        return new_version, changelog
+    else:
+        log.debug("update: no new version found.")
+        return None, None
+
+
 def update(current_version):
     global log
 
@@ -440,6 +456,26 @@ def set_logging_formatter(handler: logging.Handler, logging_level):
     handler.setFormatter(formatter)
 
 
+def get_snapshot_version():
+    import subprocess
+    root_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(root_dir, ".git")):
+        try:
+            ret = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe"]).strip()
+            return ret.decode("utf-8")
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
+
+        try:
+            with open(os.path.join(root_dir,".git/refs/heads/master")) as f:
+                ret = "g" + f.read()[:7]
+                return ret
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
+
+    return "unknown"
+
+
 class LoggerIOWrapper(io.TextIOWrapper):
     def __init__(self, logger: logging.Logger, logging_level, fallback_io_buffer):
         super().__init__(fallback_io_buffer, write_through=True)
diff --git a/web/templates/index.template.html b/web/templates/index.template.html
index 85da6f5..2ca8bbf 100644
--- a/web/templates/index.template.html
+++ b/web/templates/index.template.html
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
                 <div class="list-group">
                     <div id="library-pagination" style="margin-left: auto; margin-top: 10px;">
                         <ul id="library-page-ul" class="pagination pagination">
-                            <li class="library-page-li page-item active">
+                            <li class="library-page-li page-item ctive">
                                 <a class="library-page-no page-link">1</a>
                             </li>
                         </ul>