diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index 0f4d96a8..1d48d683 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
-var Version = ""
+var Version = "1.8.0"
 var UserAgent = "go2rtc/" + Version
 
 var ConfigPath string
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d3a99d63..fa90e809 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	app.Version = "1.8.0"
-
 	// 1. Core modules: app, api/ws, streams
 
 	app.Init() // init config and logs