diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index c87153a..d057b24 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var express = require('express'),
     request = require('postman-request');
 var app = express();
 var apiAccessList = [];
+const { exec } = require('child_process');
 
 // pass wallet rpc connection info to nodeapi
 nodeapi.setWalletDetails(settings.wallet);
@@ -782,4 +783,13 @@ if (settings.webserver.tls.enabled == true) {
   https.createServer(tls_options, app).listen(settings.webserver.tls.port);
 }
 
+// get the latest git commit id (if exists)
+exec('git rev-parse HEAD', (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+  // check if the commit id was returned
+  if (stdout != null && stdout != '') {
+    // set the explorer revision code based on the git commit id
+    app.set('revision', stdout.substring(0, 7));
+  }
+});
+
 module.exports = app;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/css/style.scss b/public/css/style.scss
index c09530a..67e88d5 100644
--- a/public/css/style.scss
+++ b/public/css/style.scss
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, .h1, .h2, .h3, .h4, .h5, .h6 {
     margin-bottom: 0.1rem;
   }
   .poweredby {
+    white-space: normal;
     margin-right: 0.2rem;
     font-size: 80%;
   }
diff --git a/views/layout.pug b/views/layout.pug
index df9e5b7..b36c3f8 100644
--- a/views/layout.pug
+++ b/views/layout.pug
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ html(lang='en')
         ul.nav.justify-content-center
           li.text-center
             p
-              a.nav-link.poweredby.border-0(href='https://github.com/team-exor/eiquidus', target='_blank') eIquidus Explorer v#{settings.explorer_version}
+              a.nav-link.poweredby.border-0(href='https://github.com/team-exor/eiquidus', target='_blank') eIquidus Explorer v#{settings.explorer_version}#{(settings.revision == null || settings.revision == '' ? '' : `-${settings.revision}`)}
       .col-4.navbar-nav
         ui.nav.justify-content-end
           label#lblBlockcount.badge.nav-link.border-0.float-end