diff --git a/main b/main
index 2491f71..0114a2e 100644
--- a/main
+++ b/main
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import json
 import secrets
 import datetime
 import socket
+import subprocess
 from itertools import groupby
 from waitress import serve
 from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
@@ -126,6 +127,17 @@ def get_session(id):
         return "error"
     return post
 
+def get_current_commit(output_format="full"):
+    if output_format == "short":
+        length = 8
+    else:
+        length = 40
+
+    try:
+        output = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", f"--short={length}", "HEAD"]).decode().strip()
+        return output
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        return "Error fetching git commit"
 
 ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = {"png", "apng", "jpg", "jpeg", "gif", "svg", "webp"}
 
@@ -139,14 +151,16 @@ def main():
     usersession = request.cookies.get("session_DO_NOT_SHARE")
     conn = get_db_connection()
     posts = conn.execute("SELECT * FROM posts ORDER BY created DESC;").fetchall()
+    commit_hash_long = get_current_commit()
+    commit_hash_short = get_current_commit(output_format="short")
     conn.close()
 
     if usersession:
         userCookie = get_session(usersession)
         user = get_user(userCookie["id"])
-        return render_template("main.html", userdata=user, posts=posts)
+        return render_template("main.html", userdata=user, posts=posts, commit_hash_long=commit_hash_long, commit_hash_short=commit_hash_short)
     else:
-        return render_template("main.html", posts=posts)
+        return render_template("main.html", posts=posts, commit_hash_long=commit_hash_long, commit_hash_short=commit_hash_short)
 
 @app.route("/chat", methods=("GET", "POST"))
 def chat():
diff --git a/static/css/style.css b/static/css/style.css
index d677f44..7df4fbe 100644
--- a/static/css/style.css
+++ b/static/css/style.css
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ body {
     z-index: 2;
 }
 
+.bottom {
+    margin: 0;
+    border: solid;
+    border-color: grey;
+    border-width: 0;
+    border-bottom-width: 1px;
+    background-color: white;
+}
+
+.bottom a {
+    color: lightgrey;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+
 .navbar .selected {
     border: solid;
     border-color: #f1b739;
@@ -332,6 +346,14 @@ body {
         background-color: var(--gray-800);
     }
 
+    .bottom {
+        background-color: var(--gray-900);
+    }
+
+    .bottom a {
+        color: var(--gray-800)
+    }
+
     .navbar a, a {
         color: white;
 		border-size: 0px;
diff --git a/templates/main.html b/templates/main.html
index 1e1b17a..f75d0c1 100644
--- a/templates/main.html
+++ b/templates/main.html
@@ -113,7 +113,12 @@
     </div>
     {% endfor %}
     </div>
-
+    <div class="bottom">
+        <span>
+            <a href="https://codeberg.org/burger-software/burgercat">burgercat</a>
+            <a href="https://codeberg.org/burger-software/burgercat/commit/{{ commit_hash_long }}" style="float: right;">commit hash: {{ commit_hash_short }}</a>
+        </span>
+    </div>
     <script src="/static/js/main.js"></script>
 </body>