diff --git a/util/build.js b/util/build.js
index 3382fbb3f..2ea62d84c 100644
--- a/util/build.js
+++ b/util/build.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ var getCommitHash = function() {
   //exec git command to get the hash of the current commit
   //git rev-parse HEAD
 
-  var hash = shell.exec('git rev-parse HEAD').output.trim().substr(0,10);
+  var hash = shell.exec('git rev-parse HEAD',{silent:true}).output.trim().substr(0,7);
   return hash;
 }
 
diff --git a/views/includes/version.html b/views/includes/version.html
index f3a19d227..8ad2c64c5 100644
--- a/views/includes/version.html
+++ b/views/includes/version.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div ng-controller="VersionController">
   <small>v{{version}}</small> 
+  <small>#{{commitHash}}</small> 
   <small ng-if="networkName=='testnet'">[ {{networkName}} ]</small>
-  <small>{{commitHash}}</small> 
 </div>