diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
index 5597aab83..4297edb2a 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/RefineServlet.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ package com.google.refine;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -52,9 +53,12 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import com.google.refine.commands.Command;
 import com.google.refine.importing.ImportingManager;
 import com.google.refine.io.FileProjectManager;
+import com.google.refine.util.ParsingUtilities;
 
 import edu.mit.simile.butterfly.Butterfly;
 import edu.mit.simile.butterfly.ButterflyModule;
@@ -107,7 +111,15 @@ public class RefineServlet extends Butterfly {
             VERSION = ASSIGNED_VERSION;
         }
         if (REVISION.equals("$REVISION")) {
-            REVISION = "TRUNK";
+            ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
+            InputStream gitStats = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("git.properties");
+            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+            try {
+				ObjectNode parsedGit = mapper.readValue(gitStats, ObjectNode.class);
+				REVISION = parsedGit.get("git.commit.id.abbrev").asText("TRUNK");
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				REVISION = "TRUNK";
+			}
         }
         
         FULL_VERSION = VERSION + " [" + REVISION + "]";
diff --git a/server/src/com/google/refine/Refine.java b/server/src/com/google/refine/Refine.java
index 7e6e32a9a..e0183fe85 100644
--- a/server/src/com/google/refine/Refine.java
+++ b/server/src/com/google/refine/Refine.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileFilter;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.BindException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -50,9 +49,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import javax.swing.JFrame;
-import javax.swing.JMenu;
-import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
-import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
 import org.mortbay.jetty.Connector;
@@ -66,7 +62,6 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.codeberry.jdatapath.DataPath;
 import com.codeberry.jdatapath.JDataPathSystem;
-
 import com.google.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutorAdapter;
 
 /**