diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d6a4b0b8..5fc02d81 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ matrix:
             - bash ./scripts/find-dead-symlinks
             - bash ./scripts/license-headers-updated
             - bash ./scripts/branch-contains-no-tmp-commits
+            - bash ./scripts/version-updated
         - language: rust
           rust: 1.23.0
           cache:
diff --git a/bin/core/imag/Cargo.toml b/bin/core/imag/Cargo.toml
index c8a9ef3f..c6cf9093 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/core/imag/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ build = "build.rs"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 clap = ">=2.16.1"
-version = "2.0"
 libimagrt       = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../../../lib/core/libimagrt" }
 libimagentrytag = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../../../lib/entry/libimagentrytag" }
 libimagutil     = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../../../lib/etc/libimagutil" }
diff --git a/bin/core/imag/build.rs b/bin/core/imag/build.rs
index 96dabc33..9f322e45 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag/build.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag/build.rs
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 //
 
 extern crate clap;
+#[macro_use]
 extern crate libimagrt;
 extern crate libimagentrytag;
 extern crate libimagutil;
-#[macro_use] extern crate version;
 
 use clap::Shell;
 use libimagrt::runtime::Runtime;
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ macro_rules! gen_mods_buildui {
 /// output of this script is a completion script, which
 /// does not contain information about the version at all.
 macro_rules! build_subcommand {
-    ($name:expr, $module:ident) => (
-        $module::build_ui(Runtime::get_default_cli_builder($name, &version!()[..], $name))
+    ($name:expr, $module:ident, $version:ident) => (
+        $module::build_ui(Runtime::get_default_cli_builder($name, &$version, $name))
     )
 }
 
@@ -100,33 +100,34 @@ gen_mods_buildui!(
 
 fn main() {
     // Make the `imag`-App...
+    let version = make_imag_version!();
     let mut app = Runtime::get_default_cli_builder(
         "imag",
-        &version!()[..],
+        &version[..],
         "imag")
         // and add all the subapps as subcommands.
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("annotate",    imagannotate))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("diagnostics", imagdiagnostics))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("edit",        imagedit))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("gps",         imaggps))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("grep",        imaggrep))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("ids",         imagids))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("init",        imaginit))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("link",        imaglink))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("mv",          imagmv))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("ref",         imagref))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("store",       imagstore))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("tag",         imagtag))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("view",        imagview))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("bookmark",    imagbookmark))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("contact",     imagcontact))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("diary",       imagdiary))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("habit",       imaghabit))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("log",         imaglog))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("mail",        imagmail))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("notes",       imagnotes))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("timetrack",   imagtimetrack))
-        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("todo",        imagtodo));
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("annotate",    imagannotate,      version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("diagnostics", imagdiagnostics,   version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("edit",        imagedit,          version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("gps",         imaggps,           version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("grep",        imaggrep,          version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("ids",         imagids,           version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("init",        imaginit,          version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("link",        imaglink,          version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("mv",          imagmv,            version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("ref",         imagref,           version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("store",       imagstore,         version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("tag",         imagtag,           version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("view",        imagview,          version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("bookmark",    imagbookmark,      version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("contact",     imagcontact,       version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("diary",       imagdiary,         version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("habit",       imaghabit,         version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("log",         imaglog,           version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("mail",        imagmail,          version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("notes",       imagnotes,         version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("timetrack",   imagtimetrack,     version))
+        .subcommand(build_subcommand!("todo",        imagtodo,          version));
 
     // Actually generates the completion files
     app.gen_completions("imag", Shell::Bash, "../../../target/");
diff --git a/bin/domain/imag-wiki/Cargo.toml b/bin/domain/imag-wiki/Cargo.toml
index 6c53d139..85042b2e 100644
--- a/bin/domain/imag-wiki/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/domain/imag-wiki/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ log = "0.3"
 toml = "0.4"
 toml-query = "0.6"
 is-match = "0.1"
-version = "2.0.1"
 regex = "0.2"
 filters = "0.2"
 
diff --git a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/version.rs b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/version.rs
index 10e034b7..0a1a6217 100644
--- a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/version.rs
+++ b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/version.rs
@@ -20,13 +20,18 @@
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! make_imag_version {
     () => {{
-        let pkg_version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
-        let git_version = env!("CARGO_BUILD_VERSION");
+        let pkg_version = option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+        let git_version = option_env!("CARGO_BUILD_VERSION");
 
-        if git_version == "" {
-            String::from(pkg_version)
-        } else {
-            String::from(git_version)
+        match (git_version, pkg_version) {
+            (Some(git_version), Some(pkg_version)) => if git_version == "" {
+                String::from(pkg_version)
+            } else {
+                String::from(git_version)
+            },
+
+            // imag is not beeing build with cargo... we have to set it by hand here.
+            _ => String::from("0.8.0"),
         }
     }}
 }
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index d3a40794..10c30c46 100644
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+echo "Are you sure that the files"
+echo " * 'lib/core/libimagrt/src/version.rs'"
+echo " * 'scripts/version-updated'"
+echo "contain the right version setting?"
+echo "If yes, pass '--I-AM-SURE-VERSION-IS-UPDATED' as parameter"
+
+[[ "--I-AM-SURE-VERSION-IS-UPDATED" == $1 ]] || exit 1
 
 CRATES=(
     ./lib/etc/libimagutil
diff --git a/scripts/version-updated b/scripts/version-updated
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6f9bfd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/version-updated
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Script has to be executed from the repository root directory.
+
+version=$(grep version bin/core/imag/Cargo.toml | head -n 1 | sed 's,.*=\ ",,; s,"$,,')
+
+grep "String::from(\"${version}\")" lib/core/libimagrt/src/version.rs 2>/dev/null >/dev/null || \
+{
+    >&2 echo "No/incorrect version in lib/core/libimagrt/src/version.rs"
+    exit 1
+}
+