diff --git a/client/index.html b/client/index.html
index f0140be3..6641c9ac 100644
--- a/client/index.html
+++ b/client/index.html
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ <h3 class='news-header'>What's New!</h3>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div id="start-bottom-middle">
-          <a href='changelogRec.html' target="_blank" class="footer-after">ver 0.0.14</a>
+          <a href='changelogRec.html' target="_blank" class="footer-after">ver %VITE_GAME_VERSION%</a>
           <a href="changelog.html" target="_blank" data-l10n="index-proxy-sites">original changelog</a>
           <!--
           <a href='changelog.html' target="_blank" class="footer-after">ver 0.8.82</a>
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ <h2>&nbsp;</h2>
             </div> -->
             <div class='modal-divider'></div>
             <div id='modal-hamburger-bottom'>
-              <a href='changelogRec.html' class="footer-after">ver 0.0.14</a>
+              <a href='changelogRec.html' class="footer-after">ver %VITE_GAME_VERSION%</a>
               <!--
               <a href='changelog.html' class="footer-after">ver 0.8.82</a>
               <a href='#' class="btn-cookie-settings footer-after">cookie settings</a>
diff --git a/client/vite.config.mts b/client/vite.config.mts
index 2cea11f3..8222e24e 100644
--- a/client/vite.config.mts
+++ b/client/vite.config.mts
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import { defineConfig } from "vite";
 import stripBlockPlugin from "vite-plugin-strip-block";
+import { version } from "../package.json";
 import { Config } from "../server/src/config";
 import { GIT_VERSION } from "../server/src/utils/gitRevision";
 
 export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
+    process.env = {
+        ...process.env,
+        VITE_GAME_VERSION: version,
+    };
+
     const regions = {
         ...Config.regions,
         ...(mode === "development"