diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Server/MasterServerQuery.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Server/MasterServerQuery.cs
index ba873e31ff..5f32de64a0 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Server/MasterServerQuery.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Server/MasterServerQuery.cs
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 	static class MasterServerQuery
 	{
 		public static event Action<GameServer[]> OnComplete = _ => { };
+		public static event Action<string> OnVersion = _ => { };
 
 		static GameServer[] Games = { };
+		static string Version = "";
 		static AutoResetEvent ev = new AutoResetEvent(false);
+		static AutoResetEvent ev2 = new AutoResetEvent(false);
 
 		public static void Refresh(string masterServerUrl)
 		{
@@ -30,9 +33,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 			{
 				try
 				{
-					var wc = new WebClient();
-					var data = wc.DownloadData(new Uri(masterServerUrl + "list.php"));
-					var str = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data);
+					var str = GetData(new Uri(masterServerUrl + "list.php"));
 
 					var yaml = MiniYaml.FromString(str);
 
@@ -52,6 +53,32 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 		{
 			if (ev.WaitOne(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(0))) 
 				OnComplete(Games);
+			if (ev2.WaitOne(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(0)))
+				OnVersion(Version);
+		}
+
+		static string GetData(Uri uri)
+		{
+			var wc = new WebClient();
+			var data = wc.DownloadData(uri);
+			return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data);
+		}
+
+		public static void GetCurrentVersion(string masterServerUrl)
+		{
+			new Thread(() =>
+				{
+					try
+					{
+						Version = GetData(new Uri(masterServerUrl + "VERSION"));
+					}
+					catch
+					{
+						Version = "";
+					}
+
+					ev2.Set();
+				}).Start();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Delegates/MainMenuButtonsDelegate.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Delegates/MainMenuButtonsDelegate.cs
index c2dfc12646..4474a7e16b 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Delegates/MainMenuButtonsDelegate.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Delegates/MainMenuButtonsDelegate.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #endregion
 
 using OpenRA.FileFormats;
+using OpenRA.Server;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Widgets.Delegates
 {
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets.Delegates
 				var s = FileSystem.Open("VERSION");
 				version.Text = s.ReadAllText();
 				s.Close();
+				MasterServerQuery.OnVersion += v => { version.Text += "\nLatest: " + v; };
+				MasterServerQuery.GetCurrentVersion(Game.Settings.Server.MasterServer);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/mods/cnc/chrome/mainmenu.yaml b/mods/cnc/chrome/mainmenu.yaml
index 01a27c0676..b26327a0bf 100644
--- a/mods/cnc/chrome/mainmenu.yaml
+++ b/mods/cnc/chrome/mainmenu.yaml
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ Background@MAINMENU_BG:
 		Label@VERSION_STRING:
 			Id:VERSION_STRING
 			X:WINDOW_RIGHT - PARENT_LEFT - WIDTH - 15
-			Y:WINDOW_BOTTOM - PARENT_TOP - 25
+			Y:WINDOW_BOTTOM - PARENT_TOP - 65
 			Width:400
-			Height:35
+			Height:70
 			Text:
 			Align:Right
 			Bold:True
diff --git a/mods/ra/chrome/mainmenu.yaml b/mods/ra/chrome/mainmenu.yaml
index d8ce617191..78b1936070 100644
--- a/mods/ra/chrome/mainmenu.yaml
+++ b/mods/ra/chrome/mainmenu.yaml
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ Background@MAINMENU_BG:
 		Label@VERSION_STRING:
 			Id:VERSION_STRING
 			X:WINDOW_RIGHT - PARENT_LEFT - WIDTH - 15
-			Y:WINDOW_BOTTOM - PARENT_TOP - 25
+			Y:WINDOW_BOTTOM - PARENT_TOP - 65
 			Width:400
-			Height:35
+			Height:70
 			Text:
 			Align:Right
 			Bold:True
diff --git a/packaging/package-all.sh b/packaging/package-all.sh
index 1cb4eb4b13..601d74f51b 100755
--- a/packaging/package-all.sh
+++ b/packaging/package-all.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ esac
         mv OpenRA.exe OpenRA-$VERSION.exe
         ../uploader.sh windows "$VERSION" OpenRA-$VERSION.exe "$FTPPATH" "$2" "$3"
     else
-        msg "\E[31m" "Windows package build failed, refer to log."  
+        msg "\E[31m" "Windows package build failed, refer to $PWD/package.log."  
     fi
     popd &> /dev/null
 ) &
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ esac
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
         ../uploader.sh mac "$VERSION" OpenRA-$VERSION.zip "$FTPPATH" "$2" "$3"
     else
-        msg "\E[31m" "OSX package build failed, refer to log."
+        msg "\E[31m" "OSX package build failed, refer to $PWD/package.log."
     fi
     popd &> /dev/null
 ) &
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ esac
         pushd linux/pkgbuild/ &> /dev/null
         sh buildpackage.sh "ftp.open-ra.org" "$FTPPATH/linux" "$2" "$3" "$VERSION" &> package.log
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            msg "\E[31m" "Arch-Linux package build failed, refer to log."
+            msg "\E[31m" "Arch-Linux package build failed, refer to $PWD/package.log."
         fi
         popd &> /dev/null
     ) &
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ esac
         pushd linux/rpm/ &> /dev/null
         sh buildpackage.sh "ftp.open-ra.org" "$FTPPATH/linux" "$2" "$3" "$VERSION" ~/rpmbuild &> package.log
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            msg "\E[31m" "RPM package build failed, refer to log."
+            msg "\E[31m" "RPM package build failed, refer to $PWD/package.log."
         fi
         popd &> /dev/null
     ) &
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ esac
         pushd linux/deb/ &> /dev/null
         ./buildpackage.sh "ftp.open-ra.org" "$FTPPATH/linux" "$2" "$3" "$VERSION" ~/openra-package/built ~/debpackage &> package.log
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            msg "\E[31m" "deb package build failed, refer to log."
+            msg "\E[31m" "deb package build failed, refer to $PWD/package.log."
         fi
         popd &> /dev/null
     ) &
@@ -116,3 +116,6 @@ esac
 
 wait
 
+if [ "$TYPE" = "release" ]; then
+    wput --basename=../ -u ../VERSION ftp://ftp.open-ra.org/httpdocs/master/
+fi