diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 68fcd0d..560abda 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ except ImportError:
     try:
         import git
         r = git.repo.Repo('./')
-        version = r.git.describe("--tags")
+        version = r.git.describe("--tags", "--dirty")
     except ImportError:
         version = "?version unknown?"
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 25e455a..97c8e17 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
 r = git.repo.Repo('./')
 
 targetName="wowviewer"
-__version__ = r.git.describe("--tags")
+__version__ = r.git.describe("--tags", "--dirty")
 
 split_ver = __version__.split(".")
 split_ver_last = split_ver[2].split("-")