diff --git a/addon.gradle b/addon.gradle
index 507a2ca06d..5a991e12a1 100644
--- a/addon.gradle
+++ b/addon.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
+import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
+
 tasks.withType(ScalaCompile) {
     scalaCompileOptions.forkOptions.with {
         memoryMaximumSize = '4g'
     }
 }
+tasks.named("processResources", ProcessResources).configure {
+    it.inputs.file('src/main/resources/application.conf')
+    it.inputs.property('version', project.version)
+    doLast {
+        copy {
+            from 'src/main/resources/application.conf'
+            into 'build/resources/main'
+            filter(ReplaceTokens, tokens: [version: project.version])
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.conf b/src/main/resources/application.conf
index 844669cf50..190e0a5596 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ opencomputers {
   # The version of OC this config was generated by. This is used to allow the
   # mod to reset parts of the config when their meaning changed across
   # versions, so that the user does not have to delete it.
-  version: "@VERSION@"
+  version: "@version@"
 
   # Client side settings, presentation and performance related stuff.
   client {