diff --git a/Bluepill-cli/Bluepill-cli.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Bluepill-cli/Bluepill-cli.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 075f1e2b..18c288ad 100644
--- a/Bluepill-cli/Bluepill-cli.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Bluepill-cli/Bluepill-cli.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "VERSION=`git describe`\necho \"#define BP_VERSION \\\"$VERSION\\\"\" > \"$SOURCE_ROOT/BPVersion.h\"\nXCODE_VERSION=`xcodebuild -version | awk 'BEGIN {OFS=\"\";} /Xcode/ {version=$2} /Build version/ {build=$3} END {print version, \" (\", build, \")\";}'`\necho \"#define XCODE_VERSION \\\"$XCODE_VERSION\\\"\" >> \"$SOURCE_ROOT/BPVersion.h\"";
+			shellScript = "VERSION=`git describe`\ntest -z \"$VERSION\" && VERSION=`cat \"$SOURCE_ROOT/../VERSION\"`\necho \"#define BP_VERSION \\\"$VERSION\\\"\" > \"$SOURCE_ROOT/BPVersion.h\"\nXCODE_VERSION=`xcodebuild -version | awk 'BEGIN {OFS=\"\";} /Xcode/ {version=$2} /Build version/ {build=$3} END {print version, \" (\", build, \")\";}'`\necho \"#define XCODE_VERSION \\\"$XCODE_VERSION\\\"\" >> \"$SOURCE_ROOT/BPVersion.h\"";
 			showEnvVarsInLog = 0;
 		};
 /* End PBXShellScriptBuildPhase section */
diff --git a/Bluepill-runner/Bluepill.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Bluepill-runner/Bluepill.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index b1c7ea58..5d39aede 100644
--- a/Bluepill-runner/Bluepill.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Bluepill-runner/Bluepill.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "VERSION=`git describe`\necho \"#define BP_VERSION \\\"$VERSION\\\"\" > \"$SOURCE_ROOT/BPVersion.h\"\nXCODE_VERSION=`xcodebuild -version | awk 'BEGIN {OFS=\"\";} /Xcode/ {version=$2} /Build version/ {build=$3} END {print version, \" (\", build, \")\";}'`\necho \"#define XCODE_VERSION \\\"$XCODE_VERSION\\\"\" >> \"$SOURCE_ROOT/BPVersion.h\"";
+			shellScript = "VERSION=`git describe`\ntest -z \"$VERSION\" && VERSION=`cat \"$SOURCE_ROOT/../VERSION\"`\necho \"#define BP_VERSION \\\"$VERSION\\\"\" > \"$SOURCE_ROOT/BPVersion.h\"\nXCODE_VERSION=`xcodebuild -version | awk 'BEGIN {OFS=\"\";} /Xcode/ {version=$2} /Build version/ {build=$3} END {print version, \" (\", build, \")\";}'`\necho \"#define XCODE_VERSION \\\"$XCODE_VERSION\\\"\" >> \"$SOURCE_ROOT/BPVersion.h\"";
 		};
 /* End PBXShellScriptBuildPhase section */
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4b6ac3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v2.2.0