diff --git a/app/views/shared/_footer.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_footer.html.erb
index f3f55c2a..1220f485 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_footer.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_footer.html.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
diff --git a/config/initializers/version.rb b/config/initializers/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cb791e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Greenlight
+ class Application
+ VERSION = "2.1.0"
+ end
+end