diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bdad807..69ddf19 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -390,6 +390,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "build-data"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eda20fcece9c23f3c3f4c2751a8a5ca9491c05fa7a69920af65953c3b39b7ce4"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "safe-regex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.16.0"
@@ -1322,6 +1332,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-native-tls",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-tls"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70206fc6890eaca9fde8a0bf71caa2ddfc9fe045ac9e5c70df101a7dbde866e0"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.5.2",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-util"
 version = "0.1.10"
@@ -2313,7 +2339,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "socket2",
  "tracing",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2424,7 +2450,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body 0.4.6",
  "hyper 0.14.32",
  "hyper-rustls 0.24.2",
- "hyper-tls",
+ "hyper-tls 0.5.0",
  "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
@@ -2468,11 +2494,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body-util",
  "hyper 1.5.2",
  "hyper-rustls 0.27.5",
+ "hyper-tls 0.6.0",
  "hyper-util",
  "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "mime",
+ "native-tls",
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -2486,6 +2514,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper 1.0.2",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-rustls 0.26.1",
  "tower 0.5.2",
  "tower-service",
@@ -2673,6 +2702,53 @@ version = "1.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f3cb5ba0dc43242ce17de99c180e96db90b235b8a9fdc9543c96d2209116bd9f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "safe-proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.67"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7fd85be67db87168aa3c13fd0da99f48f2ab005dccad5af5626138dc1df20eb6"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "safe-quote"
+version = "1.0.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77e530f7831f3feafcd5f1aae406ac205dd998436b4007c8e80f03eca78a88f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "safe-proc-macro2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "safe-regex"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5194fafa3cb9da89e0cab6dffa1f3fdded586bd6396d12be11b4cae0c7ee45c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "safe-regex-macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "safe-regex-compiler"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e822ae1e61251bcfd698317c237cf83f7c57161a5dc24ee609a85697f1ed15b3"
+dependencies = [
+ "safe-proc-macro2",
+ "safe-quote",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "safe-regex-macro"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2768de7e6ef19f59c5fd3c3ac207ef12b68a49f95e3172d67e4a04cfd992ca06"
+dependencies = [
+ "safe-proc-macro2",
+ "safe-regex-compiler",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "schannel"
 version = "0.1.27"
@@ -2923,6 +2999,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum 0.8.1",
  "axum-extra",
+ "build-data",
  "dotenv",
  "http 1.2.0",
  "oauth2",
@@ -3733,7 +3810,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fea6023f9fe4b69267ccd3ed7d203d931c43c5f82dbaa0f07202bc17193a5f43"
 dependencies = [
  "loki-api",
- "reqwest 0.11.27",
+ "reqwest 0.12.12",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "snap",
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 83d5a8c..3f2dd4f 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name = "skjera"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
+
 [features]
 default = ["loki"]
 otel = []
@@ -41,3 +42,6 @@ tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.28.0", features = [] }
 tracing-loki = { version = "0.2.5", optional = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter", "registry", "fmt"] }
 url = "2.5.4"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+build-data = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/backend/build.rs b/backend/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60a04b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+fn main() {
+    build_data::set_GIT_BRANCH();
+    build_data::set_GIT_COMMIT();
+    build_data::set_GIT_DIRTY();
+    // build_data::set_SOURCE_TIMESTAMP();
+    build_data::no_debug_rebuilds();
+
+    let git_commit = build_data::get_git_commit().unwrap();
+    let git_dirty = build_data::get_git_dirty().unwrap();
+
+    let value = format!("{}{}", git_commit, if git_dirty { " dirty" } else { "" });
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=VERSION_INFO={value}");
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/logging.rs b/backend/src/logging.rs
index 8cfa592..816448f 100644
--- a/backend/src/logging.rs
+++ b/backend/src/logging.rs
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ type LoggingSubsystem = LokiLoggingSubsystem;
 type LoggingSubsystem = OtelLoggingSubsystem;
 
 pub(crate) fn configure_logging() -> Result<LoggingSubsystem, anyhow::Error> {
-    let resource = Resource::new_with_defaults(vec![KeyValue::new(
-        semconv::resource::SERVICE_NAME,
-        env!("CARGO_CRATE_NAME"),
-    )]);
+    let resource = Resource::new_with_defaults(vec![
+        KeyValue::new(semconv::resource::SERVICE_NAME, env!("CARGO_CRATE_NAME")),
+        KeyValue::new(semconv::resource::SERVICE_VERSION, crate::VERSION_INFO),
+    ]);
 
     // let span_exporter = SpanExporter::builder().with_tonic().build()?;
     // Scaleway only supports HTTP (need to test if protobuf is supported, or we need to use json).
diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index cf26cca..00eea19 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,19 @@ use tower_sessions::cookie::SameSite::Lax;
 use tower_sessions::{MemoryStore, SessionManagerLayer, SessionStore};
 use tracing::{debug, info, warn};
 
+// const GIT_BRANCH: &str = env!("GIT_BRANCH");
+// const GIT_COMMIT: &str = env!("GIT_COMMIT");
+// const GIT_DIRTY: &str = env!("GIT_DIRTY");
+// SOURCE_TIMESTAMP doesn't work on my machine: https://gitlab.com/leonhard-llc/ops/-/issues/18
+// const SOURCE_TIMESTAMP: &str = env!("SOURCE_TIMESTAMP");
+
+// const VERSION_INFO: &str = concat!("{}{}", env!("GIT_COMMIT"), D);
+const VERSION_INFO: &str = env!("VERSION_INFO");
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    println!("Starting skjera. version={}", VERSION_INFO);
+
     // We don't care if there is a problem here
     let env = dotenv::dotenv();
     let is_local = env.is_ok();
@@ -43,7 +54,7 @@ async fn main() {
     }
     let logging_subsystem = logging_subsystem.unwrap();
 
-    warn!("skjera starting");
+    warn!(version = VERSION_INFO, "Starting skjera");
 
     let options = match std::env::var("DATABASE_URL") {
         Ok(url) => match url.parse::<PgConnectOptions>() {