diff --git a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 2f230306..f488b347 100644
--- a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 			android:name=".SettingsActivity"
 			android:label="@string/settings_title" />
 
-		<service android:name=".SyncthingService" />
+		<service android:name=".service.SyncthingService" />
 
  	</application>
 </manifest> 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/SettingsActivity.java b/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/SettingsActivity.java
index 67fa4c61..ec37c275 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/SettingsActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/SettingsActivity.java
@@ -7,17 +7,30 @@ import android.preference.Preference;
 import android.preference.PreferenceActivity;
 import android.preference.PreferenceScreen;
 
-import com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.R;
+import com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.service.GetTask;
+import com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.service.SyncthingService;
 
 public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
 
 	private static final String REPORT_ISSUE_KEY = "report_issue";
 
+	private static final String SYNCTHING_VERSION_KEY = "syncthing_version";
+
 	@Override
 	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
 		addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.settings);
+		final PreferenceScreen screen = getPreferenceScreen();
+		final Preference version = screen.findPreference(SYNCTHING_VERSION_KEY);
+		new GetTask() {
+			@Override
+			protected void onPostExecute(String versionName) {
+				version.setSummary((versionName != null)
+						? versionName
+						: getString(R.string.syncthing_version_error));
+			}
+		}.execute(SyncthingService.SYNCTHING_URL + SyncthingService.PATH_VERSION);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/WebGuiActivity.java b/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/WebGuiActivity.java
index d53b2f77..8e59b49a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/WebGuiActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/WebGuiActivity.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
 import android.widget.ProgressBar;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
+import com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.service.SyncthingService;
+import com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.service.SyncthingServiceBinder;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/GetTask.java b/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/GetTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..302fa899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/GetTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.service;
+
+
+import android.os.AsyncTask;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+/**
+ * Performs a GET request with no parameters to the URL in uri[0] and
+ * returns the result as a String.
+ */
+public class GetTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
+
+	private static final String TAG = "GetTask";
+
+    @Override
+	 protected String doInBackground(String... uri) {
+		HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
+		HttpGet get = new HttpGet(uri[0]);
+		String responseString = null;
+		try {
+			HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(get);
+			HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
+
+			if (entity != null) {
+
+				// A Simple JSON Response Read
+				InputStream is = entity.getContent();
+
+				BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
+				String line;
+				String result = "";
+				while((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
+					result += line;
+				}
+				br.close();
+				return result;
+			}
+		}
+		catch (IOException e) {
+			Log.w(TAG, "Failed to call Rest API at " + uri[0], e);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/RestTask.java b/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/PostTask.java
similarity index 52%
rename from src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/RestTask.java
rename to src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/PostTask.java
index 0e4c4a2a..1d563cfc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/RestTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/PostTask.java
@@ -5,34 +5,31 @@ import android.os.AsyncTask;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
 import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
-import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 /**
  * Performs a POST request with no parameters to the URL in uri[0].
  */
-class RestTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Void> {
+public class PostTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Void> {
 
-	private static final String TAG = "RequestTask";
+	private static final String TAG = "PostTask";
 
-    @Override
-    protected Void doInBackground(String... uri) {
+	@Override
+	protected Void doInBackground(String... uri) {
 		HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
-		HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(uri[0]);
+		HttpPost post = new HttpPost(uri[0]);
 		String responseString = null;
 		try {
-			HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
+			HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(post);
 		}
 		catch (IOException e) {
-			Log.w(TAG, "Failed to call Rest API", e);
+			Log.w(TAG, "Failed to call Rest API at " + uri[0], e);
 		}
 		return null;
-    }
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/SyncthingService.java b/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/SyncthingService.java
similarity index 90%
rename from src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/SyncthingService.java
rename to src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/SyncthingService.java
index 263489f5..4b31aa34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/SyncthingService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/SyncthingService.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.nutomic.syncthingandroid;
+package com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.service;
 
 import android.app.Notification;
 import android.app.PendingIntent;
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@ import android.os.IBinder;
 import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat;
 import android.util.Log;
 
+import com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.R;
+import com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.WebGuiActivity;
+
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 
+import com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.PostTask;
+
 /**
  * Holds the native syncthing instance and provides an API to access it.
  */
@@ -37,6 +42,11 @@ public class SyncthingService extends Service {
 	 */
 	private static final String PATH_SHUTDOWN = "/rest/shutdown";
 
+	/**
+	 * Path to call to get version name (with GET).
+	 */
+	public static final String PATH_VERSION = "/rest/version";
+
 	private final SyncthingServiceBinder mBinder = new SyncthingServiceBinder(this);
 
 	@Override
@@ -123,6 +133,7 @@ public class SyncthingService extends Service {
 	@Override
 	public void onDestroy() {
 		super.onDestroy();
-		new RestTask().execute(SYNCTHING_URL + PATH_SHUTDOWN);
+		new PostTask().execute(SYNCTHING_URL + PATH_SHUTDOWN);
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/SyncthingServiceBinder.java b/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/SyncthingServiceBinder.java
similarity index 70%
rename from src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/SyncthingServiceBinder.java
rename to src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/SyncthingServiceBinder.java
index 7d91d834..995c2e62 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/SyncthingServiceBinder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/service/SyncthingServiceBinder.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-package com.nutomic.syncthingandroid;
+package com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.service;
 
 import android.os.Binder;
 
+import com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.service.SyncthingService;
+
 public class SyncthingServiceBinder extends Binder {
 
 	SyncthingService mService;
diff --git a/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 4095b0c9..d740e9b1 100644
--- a/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 
 	<string name="app_name">Syncthing</string>
 
-	<!-- Upstream version name of the included syncthing binary -->
-	<string name="syncthing_version_title">Syncthing Version: HEAD</string>
+	<!-- Title of the preference showing upstream version name -->
+	<string name="syncthing_version_title">Syncthing Version</string>
+
+    <!-- Displayed instead of the version string if it could not be read -->
+    <string name="syncthing_version_error">Could not read version</string>
 
 	<!-- Title for dialog displayed on first start -->
 	<string name="welcome_title">First Start</string>
diff --git a/src/main/res/xml/settings.xml b/src/main/res/xml/settings.xml
index e4d1f46d..dcc4e79c 100644
--- a/src/main/res/xml/settings.xml
+++ b/src/main/res/xml/settings.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 		android:title="@string/report_issue_title" />
 
 	<Preference
+        android:key="syncthing_version"
 		android:title="@string/syncthing_version_title"
 		android:enabled="false" />