diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/moenchDetectorServer/Makefile b/slsDetectorSoftware/moenchDetectorServer/Makefile
index b067de322..e16947e8d 100755
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/moenchDetectorServer/Makefile
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/moenchDetectorServer/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ OBJS = $(SRCS:%.c=%.o)
 
 
 
-all:	clean $(PROGS) 
+all:	clean updateVersion $(PROGS) 
 
 boot: $(OBJS)
 
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ romfs:
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(PROGS)  *.o *.gdb
+	
+updateVersion:
+	./updateGitVersion.sh
 
 
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/moenchDetectorServer/updateGitVersion.sh b/slsDetectorSoftware/moenchDetectorServer/updateGitVersion.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..379ebf785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/moenchDetectorServer/updateGitVersion.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+SERVER=moenchDetectorServer
+TMPFILE=gitInfoMoenchTmp.h
+INCLFILE=gitInfoMoench.h
+
+WD=slsDetectorSoftware/$SERVER
+
+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 $RDATE1`
+echo Path: slsDetectorsPackage/$WD  $'\n'URL: ${GITREPO}/$SERVER  $'\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 ../../
+./genVersionHeader.sh $WD/gitInfo.txt $WD/$TMPFILE $WD/$INCLFILE 
+echo "Revision Updated"
+cd $WD