diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 50cf542..8a99914 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -7,4 +7,21 @@ def visible?(flag)
       "display: none"
     end
   end
+
+  def application_version
+    @application_version ||= if File.exists?("#{RAILS_ROOT}/REVISION")
+      File.read("#{RAILS_ROOT}/REVISION").strip
+    else
+      "(development)"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def application_last_deployed
+    @application_last_deployed ||= if File.exists?("#{RAILS_ROOT}/REVISION")
+      deployed_at = File.stat("#{RAILS_ROOT}/REVISION").ctime
+      time_ago_in_words(deployed_at)
+    else
+      "(not deployed)"
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index d2a3244..a5bd653 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -16,4 +16,10 @@
         %span.actions
           = link_to "logout", session_path, :method => :delete
         BucketWise
-    #container= yield
+
+    #container
+      = yield
+      #version
+        == BucketWise version: <span class="version">#{application_version}</span>
+        %br
+        == Last deployed: <span class="version">#{application_last_deployed}</span>
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/money.css b/public/stylesheets/money.css
index d4c5100..8cb8daa 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/money.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/money.css
@@ -58,6 +58,20 @@ div#container {
   margin: 0 auto;
 }
 
+div#version {
+  margin-top: 2em;
+  border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
+  color: #ccc;
+  font-size: 80%;
+  text-align: right;
+  padding-top: 0.5em;
+  line-height: 1.2em;
+}
+
+div#version .version {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
 .header {
   border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
 }