diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1de53c6..5845783 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.bwssystems.HABridge</groupId>
 	<artifactId>ha-bridge</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.5</version>
+	<version>1.0.6</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>HA Bridge</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/Version.java b/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/Version.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e05531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/Version.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.bwssystems.HABridge;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+
+public final class Version {
+
+    private String version;
+    private String groupId;
+    private String artifactId;
+    private Properties prop;
+    
+    public Version()
+    {
+        InputStream resourceAsStream =
+          (InputStream) this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(
+            "/version.properties"
+          );
+        this.prop = new Properties();
+
+        try
+        {
+            this.prop.load( resourceAsStream );
+        	this.version = this.prop.getProperty("version");
+        	this.groupId = this.prop.getProperty("groupId");
+        	this.artifactId = this.prop.getProperty("artifactId");
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+        	this.version = "0.0.0";
+        	this.groupId = "no group";
+        	this.artifactId = "no artifact";
+        }
+
+    }
+
+	public String getVersion() {
+		return version;
+	}
+
+	public String getGroupId() {
+		return groupId;
+	}
+
+	public String getArtifactId() {
+		return artifactId;
+	}
+
+}
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