diff --git a/ui/.gitignore b/ui/.gitignore
index 1e420dc4938..cc0ab540cf6 100644
--- a/ui/.gitignore
+++ b/ui/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-src/version.ts
 dist
 .fusebox
 _site
diff --git a/ui/fuse.js b/ui/fuse.js
index c70edfb849c..fe2c7664c3d 100644
--- a/ui/fuse.js
+++ b/ui/fuse.js
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ Sparky.task('version', _ => setVersion());
 Sparky.task('clean', _ => Sparky.src('dist/').clean('dist/'));
 Sparky.task('env', _ => (isProduction = true));
 Sparky.task('copy-assets', () => Sparky.src('assets/*.svg').dest('dist/'));
-Sparky.task('dev', ['clean', 'config', 'copy-assets', 'version'], _ => {
+Sparky.task('dev', ['clean', 'config', 'copy-assets'], _ => {
   fuse.dev();
   app.hmr().watch();
   return fuse.run();
 });
-Sparky.task('prod', ['clean', 'env', 'config', 'copy-assets', 'version'], _ => {
+Sparky.task('prod', ['clean', 'env', 'config', 'copy-assets'], _ => {
   // fuse.dev({ reload: true }); // remove after demo
   return fuse.run();
 });
diff --git a/ui/src/version.ts b/ui/src/version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f710072faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export let version: string = "v0.0.2-0-gdae6651";
\ No newline at end of file