diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index a3a45fa..fb34507 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 
 # Uncomment One Of The Following For Early Releases
 
-#EARLY     = Alpha
-#EARLY     = Beta
-#EARLY     = RC1
+#EARLY     = -Alpha
+#EARLY     = -Beta
+#EARLY     = -RC1
+VERSION    = $(shell cat version)${EARLY}
+
 
 #####
 # Definitions Relevant To This Program
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@
 PROGMAIN  = tsshbatch.py
 
 PROGFILES = ${PROGMAIN}
-PROGDOCS  = ${PROGMAIN}.ps 
+PROGDOCS  = ${PROGMAIN}.ps
 
 DOCS      = tsshbatch-license.txt   \
             ${PROGNAME}.1.gz        \
@@ -40,7 +42,6 @@
 RELEASES     = "Releases"
 TARBALL      = ${DIR}.tar.gz
 TMPFILE      = tmpfile
-VERSION      = $(shell cvs log ${PROGMAIN} | grep ^head\: | cut -f2 -d " ")${EARLY}
 
 
 #####
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@
 LATEX    = latex
 
 %.dvi : %.latex
-	${LATEX} $*.latex 
+	${LATEX} $*.latex
 
 %.html : %.rst
 	${2HTML} <$*.rst >$*.html
@@ -126,13 +127,17 @@
 	@emacs -nw $@
 	@cvs commit -m${HEADER1} $@
 
-docs: ${DOCS} ${PROGDOCS} 
+docs: ${DOCS} ${PROGDOCS}
 	@chmod 644 ${DOCS} ${PROGDOCS}
 	@chmod 644 *.gz *.txt
 
-release: docs WHATSNEW.txt ${PROGFILES}
+fixrev: FORCE
+	@sed -i "s/^GITID.*/GITID      = \'$(shell git log --pretty=format:"%h%x20%an%x20%ad\'" | head -n1)/" ${PROGNAME}.py
+	@sed -i "s/^VERSION.*/VERSION    = \'${VERSION}'/" ${PROGNAME}.py
+
+release: docs WHATSNEW.txt fixrev ${PROGFILES}
 	@mkdir ${DIR}
-	-@mkdir ${RELEASES} 2>&1 >/dev/null
+	-@mkdir -p ${RELEASES} 2>&1 >/dev/null
 	@cp -pv WHATSNEW.txt ${PROGFILES} ${DOCS} ${PROGDOCS} ${DIR}
 	@tar -czvf ${TARBALL} --exclude CVS ${DIR}
 	@rm -rf ${DIR}
@@ -153,5 +158,3 @@
 
 init: scrub
 	cvs update
-
-
diff --git a/tsshbatch.py b/tsshbatch.py
index 3de802b..6e11258 100755
--- a/tsshbatch.py
+++ b/tsshbatch.py
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
 #     http://jessenoller.com/2009/02/05/ssh-programming-with-paramiko-completely-different/
 
 #####
+# Version Information - Overwritten by makefile during release process
+#####
+
+GITID      = 'ef767bc tundra Wed Sep 28 10:34:57 2016 -0500'
+VERSION    = '1.301'
+
+
+#####
 # Program Housekeeping
 #####
 
@@ -20,8 +28,6 @@
 CMDINCL      = PROGENV + "CMDS"
 HOSTINCL     = PROGENV + "HOSTS"
 
-GITID        = "$Id: tsshbatch.py,v 1.228 2016/01/18 23:23:18 tundra Exp $"
-VERSION      = "1.300'
 CPRT         = "(c)"
 PROGDATE     = "2011-2016"
 OWNER        = "TundraWare Inc."
diff --git a/version b/version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0f1e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.301