diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 912d61a8..21f26137 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ config/database.yml
 config/initializers/omniauth.rb
 config/unicorn.rb
 config/resque.yml
+config/aws.yml
 db/data.yml
 .idea
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/app/views/help/index.html.haml b/app/views/help/index.html.haml
index 1a4411c8..879a19fd 100644
--- a/app/views/help/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/help/index.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %h3.page_title
   GITLAB
   .pull-right
-    %span= Gitlab::Version
-    %small= Gitlab::Revision
+    %span= Gitlab::VERSION
+    %small= Gitlab::REVISION
 %hr
 %p.lead
   Self Hosted Git Management
diff --git a/config/initializers/2_app.rb b/config/initializers/2_app.rb
index 748f15a1..27a0c0ff 100644
--- a/config/initializers/2_app.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/2_app.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Gitlab
-  Version = File.read(Rails.root.join("VERSION"))
-  Revision = `git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1`
+  VERSION = File.read(Rails.root.join("VERSION")).strip
+  REVISION = `git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1`
 
   def self.config
     Settings
diff --git a/lib/api/internal.rb b/lib/api/internal.rb
index 3e5e3a47..5d74a761 100644
--- a/lib/api/internal.rb
+++ b/lib/api/internal.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ module Gitlab
 
       get "/check" do
         {
-          api_version: '3'
+          api_version: Gitlab::API.version,
+          gitlab_version: Gitlab::VERSION,
+          gitlab_rev: Gitlab::REVISION,
         }
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/info.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/info.rake
index c44016ef..091de6ee 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/info.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/info.rake
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ namespace :gitlab do
 
       puts ""
       puts "GitLab information".yellow
-      puts "Version:\t#{Gitlab::Version}"
-      puts "Revision:\t#{Gitlab::Revision}"
+      puts "Version:\t#{Gitlab::VERSION}"
+      puts "Revision:\t#{Gitlab::REVISION}"
       puts "Directory:\t#{Rails.root}"
       puts "DB Adapter:\t#{database_adapter}"
       puts "URL:\t\t#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.url}"