diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 7ba9e610..7fc0439e 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 
 #include "config.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -99,12 +100,11 @@ main(int    argc,
     }
   }
 
-//  if (!default_dir)
-//    default_dir = DEFAULT_PROJECT_DIR;
+  if (!default_dir)
+    default_dir = DEFAULT_PROJECT_DIR;
 
   lash_info("------------------");
-  //lash_info("LASH activated. Version %s (%s) built on %s",
-  //         PACKAGE_VERSION, SVN_VERSION, timestamp_str);
+  lash_info("LASH activated. Version %s (%s) built on %s", PACKAGE_VERSION, GIT_VERSION, timestamp_str);
 
   lash_debug("Default dir: '%s'", default_dir);
 
diff --git a/svnversion.sh b/svnversion.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f538ddd1..00000000
--- a/svnversion.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if test $# -eq 1
-then
-  DIR=${1}
-else
-  DIR=.
-fi
-
-if test -d ${DIR}/.svn
-then
-    pushd ${DIR} > /dev/null
-    svnversion
-    popd  > /dev/null
-else
-    sed 's/^#define SVN_VERSION "\(.*\)"$/\1/' ${DIR}/svnversion.h
-fi
diff --git a/svnversion_regenerate.sh b/svnversion_regenerate.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8881bd06..00000000
--- a/svnversion_regenerate.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-#set -x
-
-if test $# -ne 1 -a $# -ne 2
-then
-  echo "Usage: "`basename "$0"`" <file> [define_name]"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-OUTPUT_FILE="${1}"
-TEMP_FILE="${OUTPUT_FILE}.tmp"
-
-if test $# -eq 2
-then
-  DEFINE=${2}
-else
-  DEFINE=SVN_VERSION
-fi
-
-if test -d .svn
-then
-  SVNVERSION=`svnversion`
-else
-  if test -d .git
-  then
-    git status >/dev/null # updates dirty state
-    SVNVERSION=`git show | grep '^ *git-svn-id:' | sed 's/.*@\([0-9]*\) .*/\1/'`
-    if test ${SVNVERSION}
-    then
-      test -z "$(git diff-index --name-only HEAD)" || SVNVERSION="${SVNVERSION}M"
-    else
-      SVNVERSION=0+`git rev-parse HEAD`
-      test -z "$(git diff-index --name-only HEAD)" || SVNVERSION="${SVNVERSION}-dirty"
-    fi
-  fi
-fi
-
-if test -z ${SVNVERSION}
-then
-  SVNVERSION=exported
-fi
-
-echo "#define ${DEFINE} \"${SVNVERSION}\"" > ${TEMP_FILE}
-if test ! -f ${OUTPUT_FILE}
-then
-  echo "Generated ${OUTPUT_FILE}"
-  cp ${TEMP_FILE} ${OUTPUT_FILE}
-  if test $? -ne 0; then exit 1; fi
-else
-  if ! cmp -s ${OUTPUT_FILE} ${TEMP_FILE}
-  then echo "Regenerated ${OUTPUT_FILE}"
-    cp ${TEMP_FILE} ${OUTPUT_FILE}
-    if test $? -ne 0; then exit 1; fi
-  fi
-fi
-
-rm ${TEMP_FILE}
-
-exit $?
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index b118cb57..2361badf 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ def configure(conf):
         errmsg = "not installed, see http://xmlsoft.org/",
         args='--cflags --libs')
 
+    conf.define('DEFAULT_PROJECT_DIR', "audio-projects")
+    conf.define('PACKAGE_VERSION', VERSION)
     conf.write_config_header('config.h')
 
     display_msg(conf)
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ def build(bld):
     daemon.target = 'ladishd'
     daemon.includes = "build/default" # XXX config.h version.h and other generated files
     daemon.uselib = 'DBUS-1 LIBXML-2.0 UUID'
+    daemon.ver_header = 'version.h'
     daemon.env.append_value("LINKFLAGS", ["-lutil"])
     daemon.source = []
     for source in [
@@ -194,3 +197,40 @@ def build(bld):
 
 def dist_hook():
     pass
+
+import commands
+from Constants import RUN_ME
+from TaskGen import feature, after
+import Task, Utils
+
+@feature('cc')
+@after('apply_core')
+def process_git(self):
+    if getattr(self, 'ver_header', None):
+        tsk = self.create_task('git_ver')
+        tsk.set_outputs(self.path.find_or_declare(self.ver_header))
+
+def git_ver(self):
+    self.ver = "unknown"
+    self.ver = commands.getoutput("LANG= git rev-parse HEAD").splitlines()[0]
+    if commands.getoutput("LANG= git diff-index --name-only HEAD").splitlines():
+        self.ver += "-dirty"
+
+    Utils.pprint('BLUE', "git revision " + self.ver)
+
+    fi = open(self.outputs[0].abspath(self.env), 'w')
+    fi.write('#define GIT_VERSION "%s"\n' % self.ver)
+    fi.close()
+
+cls = Task.task_type_from_func('git_ver', vars=[], func=git_ver, color='BLUE', before='cc')
+
+def always(self):
+	return RUN_ME
+cls.runnable_status = always
+
+def post_run(self):
+	sg = Utils.h_list(self.ver)
+	node = self.outputs[0]
+	variant = node.variant(self.env)
+	self.generator.bld.node_sigs[variant][node.id] = sg
+cls.post_run = post_run