diff --git c/auto_cpufreq/core.py i/auto_cpufreq/core.py
index b51d55d..b0bff1e 100755
--- c/auto_cpufreq/core.py
+++ i/auto_cpufreq/core.py
@@ -96,13 +96,8 @@ except PermissionError:
 
 # display running version of auto-cpufreq
 def app_version():
-    print("auto-cpufreq version: ", end="")
-
-    if IS_INSTALLED_WITH_SNAP: print(getoutput(r"echo \(Snap\) $SNAP_VERSION"))
-    elif IS_INSTALLED_WITH_AUR: print(getoutput("pacman -Qi auto-cpufreq | grep Version"))
-    else:
-        try: print(get_formatted_version())
-        except Exception as e: print(repr(e))
+    print("auto-cpufreq version: @version@")
+    print("Git commit: v@version@")
 
 def check_for_update():
     # returns True if a new release is available from the GitHub repo