diff --git a/config/validate.go b/config/validate.go
index f93f303..121a68a 100644
--- a/config/validate.go
+++ b/config/validate.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func Validate(options *Options) {
 	}
 
 	// validate command
-	if !util.Member(options.Command, "get,groups,streams,help") {
+	if !util.Member(options.Command, "get,groups,streams,version,help") {
 		options.Command = "help"
 		options.Group = ""
 	}
diff --git a/fetch/help.go b/fetch/help.go
index 5fdf98b..b85dfe2 100644
--- a/fetch/help.go
+++ b/fetch/help.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Help - display the help
-func Help(options config.Options) {
+func Help(options config.Options, version string) {
 
 	if options.Group == "" {
 		options.Group = "less"
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func Help(options config.Options) {
 		fmt.Println("  lawsg groups [options]")
 		fmt.Println("  lawsg streams <group name> [options]")
 		fmt.Println("  lawsg get <group name> [options]")
+		fmt.Println("  lawsg version")
 		fmt.Println("")
 	}
 
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ func Help(options config.Options) {
 
 	if util.Member(options.Group, "about,more,docs") {
 		fmt.Println("ABOUT:")
+		fmt.Println("  lawsg", version)
 		fmt.Println("  Free to Use and Contribute via the MIT License")
 		fmt.Println("  Maintained by Matt McQuillan")
 		fmt.Println("  https://github.com/mmcquillan/lawsg")
diff --git a/fetch/version.go b/fetch/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bffd032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fetch/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package fetch
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func Version(version string) {
+	if version == "" {
+		version = "(compiled)"
+	}
+	fmt.Println("")
+	fmt.Println("lawsg", version)
+	fmt.Println("")
+}
diff --git a/lawsg.go b/lawsg.go
index d1ff93c..79b200f 100644
--- a/lawsg.go
+++ b/lawsg.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mmcquillan/lawsg/fetch"
 )
 
+var version string
+
 func main() {
 	config.Aws()
 	var options config.Options
@@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ func main() {
 		fetch.Streams(options)
 	case "get":
 		fetch.Logs(options)
+	case "version":
+		fetch.Version(version)
 	default:
-		fetch.Help(options)
+		fetch.Help(options, version)
 	}
 }