diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 67d5dc92..f749263d 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ static/upload
 venv/
 .venv
 .coverage
-htmlcov
\ No newline at end of file
+htmlcov
+.git/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 47a0ec43..de09a763 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -114,16 +114,25 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
 
-      - name: Build image and publish to Docker Registry
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
-        with:
-          push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-
       # We need to checkout the repository in order for the "Create Sentry release" to work
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+      - name: Prepare version file
+        run: |
+          BUILD_INFO_FILE=app/build_info.py
+          echo "SHA1 = '${{ github.ref }}'" > $BUILD_INFO_FILE
+          BUILD_TIME=$(date +%s)
+          echo "BUILD_TIME = '${BUILD_TIME}' >> $BUILD_INFO_FILE
+          cat $BUILD_INFO_FILE
+
+      - name: Build image and publish to Docker Registry
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+
       - name: Create Sentry release
         uses: getsentry/action-release@v1
         env:
diff --git a/.version b/.version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90012116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dev
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/build_info.py b/app/build_info.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c73f88ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/build_info.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SHA1 = "dev"
+BUILD_TIME = "1652365083"
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 72eec144..90131b93 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ import os
 import random
 import socket
 import string
-import subprocess
 from ast import literal_eval
 from typing import Callable, List
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
-SHA1 = subprocess.getoutput("git rev-parse HEAD")
+
 ROOT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 
 
diff --git a/app/monitor/views.py b/app/monitor/views.py
index a14c9d8a..a2482616 100644
--- a/app/monitor/views.py
+++ b/app/monitor/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from app.config import SHA1
+from app.build_info import SHA1
 from app.monitor.base import monitor_bp
 
 
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 2de10c41..df17f837 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ from app.admin_model import (
 )
 from app.api.base import api_bp
 from app.auth.base import auth_bp
+from app.build_info import SHA1
 from app.config import (
     DB_URI,
     FLASK_SECRET,
     SENTRY_DSN,
     URL,
-    SHA1,
     PADDLE_MONTHLY_PRODUCT_ID,
     FLASK_PROFILER_PATH,
     FLASK_PROFILER_PASSWORD,