diff --git a/htroot/Language_p.java b/htroot/Language_p.java
index a3e84d295..dda5cf7e0 100644
--- a/htroot/Language_p.java
+++ b/htroot/Language_p.java
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ public class Language_p {
 
 			if(translator.translateFiles(sourceDir, destDir, translationFile, "html")){
 				env.setConfig("htLocaleSelection", lang.substring(0,lang.length()-4));
+				try{
+			    	BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(new File(destDir, "version"))));
+					bw.write(env.getConfig("svnRevision", "Error getting Version"));
+					bw.close();
+				}catch(IOException e){
+					//Error
+				}
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/htroot/Status.html b/htroot/Status.html
index 68db2bb21..e7eea28ed 100644
--- a/htroot/Status.html
+++ b/htroot/Status.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Your settings are protected by a password.
 #(/protection)#
 </td></tr>
 <tr class="TableCellLight"><td>System version</td><td>
-#[version]##(versioncomment)#:: - the latest public version is #[latestVersion]#. Click here to <a href="http://www.yacy.net/yacy/Download.html">download</a> it.#(/versioncomment)#
+#[version]# (SVN #[svnRevision]#)#(versioncomment)#:: - the latest public version is #[latestVersion]#. Click here to <a href="http://www.yacy.net/yacy/Download.html">download</a> it.#(/versioncomment)#
 </td></tr>
 <tr class="TableCellDark"><td>Proxy host</td><td>#[host]#:#[port]#</td></tr>
 <tr class="TableCellLight"><td>Port forwarding host</td><td>#(portForwarding)#not used::#[host]#:#[port]# (#(status)#broken::connected#(/status)#)#(/portForwarding)#</td></tr>
diff --git a/htroot/Status.java b/htroot/Status.java
index e65e5bedc..84e5b0f29 100644
--- a/htroot/Status.java
+++ b/htroot/Status.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class Status {
             prop.put("protection", 1);//protected
         
         // version information
+		prop.put("svnRevision", env.getConfig("svnRevision", ""));
         if ((yacyCore.latestVersion == null) || (yacyCore.latestVersion.length() < 3) || (yacyCore.latestVersion.equals(env.getConfig("version",""))))
             prop.put("versioncomment", 0);//no commet
         else
diff --git a/source/yacy.java b/source/yacy.java
index 69cdaed4b..2963bb889 100644
--- a/source/yacy.java
+++ b/source/yacy.java
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ public final class yacy {
             sb.setConfig("parseableExt", "html,htm,txt,php,shtml,asp");
             
             // if we are running an SVN version, we try to detect the used svn revision now ...
-            if (vString.equals("@" + "REPL_VERSION" + "@")) {
                 Properties buildProp = new Properties();
                 File buildPropFile = null;
                 try {
@@ -163,20 +162,22 @@ public final class yacy {
                     System.err.println("ERROR: " + buildPropFile.toString() + " not found in settings path");
                 }
                 
-                try {
-                    if (buildProp.containsKey("releaseNr")) {
-                        // this normally looks like this: $Revision: 181 $
-                        String svnReleaseNrStr = buildProp.getProperty("releaseNr");
-                        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\$Revision:\\s(.*)\\s\\$",Pattern.DOTALL+Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
-                        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(svnReleaseNrStr);
-                        if (matcher.find()) {
-                            String svrReleaseNr = matcher.group(1);
+            try {
+                if (buildProp.containsKey("releaseNr")) {
+                    // this normally looks like this: $Revision: 181 $
+                    String svnReleaseNrStr = buildProp.getProperty("releaseNr");
+                    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\$Revision:\\s(.*)\\s\\$",Pattern.DOTALL+Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+                    Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(svnReleaseNrStr);
+                    if (matcher.find()) {
+                        String svrReleaseNr = matcher.group(1);
+            		    if (vString.equals("@" + "REPL_VERSION" + "@")) {
                             vString = "SVN " + svrReleaseNr;
-                        }
+						}
+                        sb.setConfig("svnRevision", svrReleaseNr);
                     }
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    System.err.println("Unable to determine the currently used SVN revision number.");
                 }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                System.err.println("Unable to determine the currently used SVN revision number.");
             }
             
             sb.setConfig("version", vString);