diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 607c7db..5b767ab 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ invesalius/reader/dicom_grouper.py -text
 invesalius/reader/dicom_reader.py -text
 invesalius/session.py -text
 invesalius/utils.py -text
+invesalius/version.py -text
 presets/raycasting/Airways[!!-~]II.plist -text
 presets/raycasting/Airways.plist -text
 presets/raycasting/Black[!!-~]&[!!-~]White.plist -text
diff --git a/invesalius/project.py b/invesalius/project.py
index b1842c0..53c4dbc 100755
--- a/invesalius/project.py
+++ b/invesalius/project.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import wx.lib.pubsub as ps
 
 from utils import Singleton
 from presets import Presets
+import version
 
 class Project(object):
     # Only one project will be initialized per time. Therefore, we use
@@ -87,10 +88,10 @@ class Project(object):
         # The raycasting preset setted in this project
         self.raycasting_preset = ''
 
-        self.debug = 0
-        self.version = "$Revision$"
+        self.invesalius_version = version.get_svn_revision() 
+        print self.invesalius_version
 
-        print self.version
+        self.debug = 0
 
     ####### MASK OPERATIONS
 
diff --git a/invesalius/version.py b/invesalius/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e63c74d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/invesalius/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Software:     InVesalius - Software de Reconstrucao 3D de Imagens Medicas
+# Copyright:    (C) 2001  Centro de Pesquisas Renato Archer
+# Homepage:     http://www.softwarepublico.gov.br
+# Contact:      invesalius@cti.gov.br
+# License:      GNU - GPL 2 (LICENSE.txt/LICENCA.txt)
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#    Este programa e software livre; voce pode redistribui-lo e/ou
+#    modifica-lo sob os termos da Licenca Publica Geral GNU, conforme
+#    publicada pela Free Software Foundation; de acordo com a versao 2
+#    da Licenca.
+#
+#    Este programa eh distribuido na expectativa de ser util, mas SEM
+#    QUALQUER GARANTIA; sem mesmo a garantia implicita de
+#    COMERCIALIZACAO ou de ADEQUACAO A QUALQUER PROPOSITO EM
+#    PARTICULAR. Consulte a Licenca Publica Geral GNU para obter mais
+#    detalhes.
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# This file is based on Django code (version 10377):
+# django/trunk/django/utils/version.py
+# Available at http://code.djangoproject.com/
+
+import os
+import os.path
+import re
+
+def get_svn_revision(path=None):
+    """
+    Returns the SVN revision in the form SVN-XXXX,
+    where XXXX is the revision number.
+
+    Returns SVN-unknown if anything goes wrong, such as an unexpected
+    format of internal SVN files.
+
+    If path is provided, it should be a directory whose SVN info you want to
+    inspect. If it's not provided, this will use the current
+    directory.
+    """
+    rev = None
+    if path is None:
+        path = os.curdir
+        entries_path = '%s/.svn/entries' % path
+ 	
+    try:
+        entries = open(entries_path, 'r').read()
+    except IOError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        # Versions >= 7 of the entries file are flat text.  The first line is
+        # the version number. The next set of digits after 'dir' is the revision.
+        if re.match('(\d+)', entries):
+            rev_match = re.search('\d+\s+dir\s+(\d+)', entries)
+            if rev_match:
+                rev = rev_match.groups()[0]
+        # Older XML versions of the file specify revision as an attribute of
+        # the first entries node.
+        else:
+            from xml.dom import minidom
+            dom = minidom.parse(entries_path)
+            rev = dom.getElementsByTagName('entry')[0].getAttribute('revision')
+
+    if rev:
+        return 'pspb-%s' % rev
+    return 'pspb-unknown'
+
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