diff --git a/brutaldon/settings.py b/brutaldon/settings.py
index cca07fe..cde78d0 100644
--- a/brutaldon/settings.py
+++ b/brutaldon/settings.py
@@ -192,3 +192,7 @@ SESSION_SERIALIZER = 'django.contrib.sessions.serializers.PickleSerializer'
 # Later this will be a user setting, but I am adding it here so that I don't
 # write any magic numbers into the validation code
 TOOT_MAX_LENGTH = 500
+
+# Version number displayed on about page
+BRUTALDON_VERSION = "1.2.1"
+
diff --git a/brutaldon/templates/about.html b/brutaldon/templates/about.html
index 6825ee3..37381b1 100644
--- a/brutaldon/templates/about.html
+++ b/brutaldon/templates/about.html
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     </section>
 
     <section>
-        This is version 1.2 of brutaldon.
+        This is version {{ version }} of brutaldon.
     </section>
 
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/brutaldon/views.py b/brutaldon/views.py
index adc59b3..5271993 100644
--- a/brutaldon/views.py
+++ b/brutaldon/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
+from django.conf import settings as django_settings
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache, cache_page
 from django.urls import reverse
@@ -561,8 +562,10 @@ def search_results(request):
                    "fullbrutalism": fullbrutalism_p(request)})
 
 def about(request):
+    version = django_settings.BRUTALDON_VERSION
     return render(request, 'about.html',
                       {"fullbrutalism": fullbrutalism_p(request),
+                       "version": version,
                        'own_acct': request.session.get('user', None),
                       })
 def privacy(request):