diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/Makefile b/slsDetectorGui/Makefile
index 31fbd936f..e1c1ebad1 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/Makefile
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ INCLUDES	?= 	$(LIBRARYDIR)/commonFiles -I$(LIBRARYRXRDIR)/MySocketTCP  -I$(LIBRA
 .PHONY: all lib clean mm doc htmldoc guiclient
 
 
-all: lib $(PROG) Makefile.gui guiclient
+all: lib updateVersion $(PROG) Makefile.gui guiclient
 
 lib:
 	cd ../ && $(MAKE) lib
@@ -57,3 +57,6 @@ $(PROG): Makefile.gui $(DIR)
 guiclient:
 	echo $(WD)
 	cd client && $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)
+	
+updateVersion:
+	./updateGitVersion.sh
diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/slsDetectorGui.pro b/slsDetectorGui/slsDetectorGui.pro
index 641716a66..61c3818d8 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/slsDetectorGui.pro
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/slsDetectorGui.pro
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ INCLUDEPATH 		= 	\
                             $(QWTDIR)/src\
                             $(QWT3D)/include\
 							slsDetectorPlotting/include\
+							../slsReceiverSoftware/include\
 							include\
 							forms/include\
 							/usr/include/qwt\  #these are not included for standard installations, also bin path should include qt4 bin, not qt3 bin
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ HEADERS 			=  		\
 							include/qTabMessages.h\
 							include/gitInfoGui.h\
 							../slsDetectorSoftware/commonFiles/sls_detector_defs.h\
+							../slsReceiverSoftware/include/sls_receiver_defs.h\
 							include/qServer.h
 
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/updateGitVersion.sh b/slsDetectorGui/updateGitVersion.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6d8118180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/updateGitVersion.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+MAINDIR=slsDetectorsPackage
+SPECDIR=slsDetectorGui
+TMPFILE=gitInfoGuiTmp.h
+INCLFILE=gitInfoGui.h
+WD=$PWD
+
+GITREPO1='git remote -v'
+GITREPO2=" | grep \"fetch\" | cut -d' ' -f1"
+BRANCH1='git branch -v'
+BRANCH2=" | grep '*' | cut -d' ' -f2"
+REPUID1='git log --pretty=format:"%H" -1'
+AUTH1_1='git log --pretty=format:"%cn" -1'
+AUTH1_2=" | cut -d' ' -f1"
+AUTH2_1='git log --pretty=format:"%cn" -1'
+AUTH2_2=" | cut -d' ' -f2"
+FOLDERREV1='git log --oneline . '   #used for all the individual server folders
+FOLDERREV2=" | wc -l"  #used for all the individual server folders
+REV1='git log --oneline  '
+REV2=" | wc -l"
+RDATE1='git log --pretty=format:"%ci" -1'
+
+GITREPO=`eval $GITREPO1  $GITREPO2`
+BRANCH=`eval $BRANCH1  $BRANCH2`
+REPUID=`eval $REPUID1`
+AUTH1=`eval $AUTH1_1  $AUTH1_2`
+AUTH2=`eval $AUTH2_1  $AUTH2_2`
+REV=`eval $REV1  $REV2`
+FOLDERREV=`eval $FOLDERREV1  $FOLDERREV2`
+RDATE=`eval $RDATE1`
+echo Path: ${MAINDIR}/${SPECDIR}  $'\n'URL: ${GITREPO}  $'\n'Repository Root: ${GITREPO}  $'\n'Repsitory UUID: ${REPUID}  $'\n'Revision: ${FOLDERREV}  $'\n'Branch: ${BRANCH}  $'\n'Last Changed Author: ${AUTH1}_${AUTH2}  $'\n'Last Changed Rev: ${REV}  $'\n'Last Changed Date: ${RDATE} > gitInfo.txt 
+cd $WD
+./genVersionHeader.sh $SPECDIR/gitInfo.txt $SPECDIR/$TMPFILE $SPECDIR/$INCLFILE 
+echo "Revision Updated"
+cd $WD
+