diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/workflow.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/workflow.yaml
index f309592..665dfa4 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/workflow.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/workflow.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ jobs:
         go-version: '1.24.6' # You can specify a specific version or 'stable'
 
     - name: Build
-      run: go build -v ./...
+      run: |
+        go build -v -ldflags "\
+         -X main.version=${{ github.ref_name }} \
+         -X main.commit=${{ github.sha }} \
+         -X main.date=$(date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)" \
+         -o clean_file
 
     - name: Test
       run: go test -v ./...
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d133863..94a454e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
 CLI software that processes a text file containing US phone numbers
 and sanitizes the numbers. The result is contained in a json file.
+
+## Building
+```
+go build
+```
+
+
+To include version information
+```
+go build -ldflags "-X main.version=3.0.101 -X main.commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD) -X main.date=$(date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)" -o clean_file
+```
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 659852b..821bac8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import "fmt"
 import "os"
 import "git.kundeng.us/phoenix/clean_file/parser"
 
-const VERSION = "0.3.101"
-
 func main() {
 	fmt.Println("clean_file")
 	args := os.Args
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..874433c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package version
+
+var (
+	Version = "dev"
+	Commit = "none"
+	Date = "unknown"
+)