diff --git a/bin/flamingo b/bin/flamingo
index 1907bab..47e1e71 100755
--- a/bin/flamingo
+++ b/bin/flamingo
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ require 'flamingo'
 
 include Flamingo
 
+puts "Flamingo client #{Flamingo::VERSION}"
+
 begin
   Flamingo.configure!(ARGV[0])
 rescue => e
diff --git a/bin/flamingod b/bin/flamingod
index 9536960..f9d16ed 100755
--- a/bin/flamingod
+++ b/bin/flamingod
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
 require 'flamingo'
 require 'optparse'
 
+puts "Starting flamingod #{Flamingo::VERSION}"
+
 begin
   options = {:daemonize => nil, :config => nil}