diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4cc86707..12084bde7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 /js/assets/fonts
 /js/assets/images
 js/config-local.js
+js/version.js
 package-lock.json
diff --git a/js/pages/home/home.html b/js/pages/home/home.html
index 68321c69b..57d288cfc 100644
--- a/js/pages/home/home.html
+++ b/js/pages/home/home.html
@@ -25,20 +25,23 @@
 	<div class="heading">Release Notes</div>
 	<div class="release-notes">
 		<div class="paddedWrapper">
-			<a data-bind="attr: { href: atlasReleaseUrl }" target="_new">ATLAS Version <span data-bind="text: version"></span> Release Notes</a>
+			<a data-bind="attr: { href: atlasReleaseUrl }" target="_new">ATLAS Version <span data-bind="text: atlasVersion"></span> Release Notes</a>
 			<br/>
-			<a data-bind="attr: { href: webapiReleaseUrl }" target="_new">WebAPI Version <span data-bind="text: version"></span> Release Notes</a>
+			<a data-bind="attr: { href: webapiReleaseUrl }" target="_new">WebAPI Version <span data-bind="text: webapiVersion"></span> Release Notes</a>
 		</div>
 
-		<div class="paddedWrapper">
-			<br/>This latest release contains <strong data-bind="text:github_status().length"></strong> feature enhancements and issue resolutions:
-		</div>
+		<div data-bind="hidden: loading">
+			<div class="paddedWrapper">
+				<br/>This latest release contains <strong data-bind="text:github_status().length"></strong> feature enhancements and issue resolutions:
+			</div>
 
-		<div class="paddedWrapper github-issue-container" data-bind="foreach:github_status">
-			<div class="github-issue">
-				<a target="_blank" data-bind="attr:{href: html_url, title: title}, text:title"></a>
-				<img class="github-avatar" data-bind="attr:{src: user.avatar_url}" />
+			<div class="paddedWrapper github-issue-container" data-bind="foreach:github_status">
+				<div class="github-issue">
+					<a target="_blank" data-bind="attr:{href: html_url, title: title}, text:title"></a>
+					<img class="github-avatar" data-bind="attr:{src: user.avatar_url}" />
+				</div>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
+	<loading data-bind="visible: loading" params="status: 'Loading release info'"></loading>
 </div>
diff --git a/js/pages/home/home.js b/js/pages/home/home.js
index 6d722d2ad..a01dbab63 100644
--- a/js/pages/home/home.js
+++ b/js/pages/home/home.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ define([
 	'services/BuildInfoService',
 	'atlas-state',
 	'lodash',
+	'version',
 	'components/heading',
 ], function (
 	ko,
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ define([
 	authApi,
 	buildInfoService,
 	sharedState,
-	lodash
+	lodash,
+	version,
 ) {
 	class Home extends Page {
 		constructor(params) {
@@ -34,9 +36,11 @@ define([
 			this.canSearch = ko.computed(() => {
 				return authApi.isAuthenticated();
 			});
-			this.version = ko.observable();
+			this.atlasVersion = ko.observable(this.formatVersion(version));
+			this.webapiVersion = ko.observable();
 			this.atlasReleaseTag = ko.observable();
 			this.webapiReleaseTag = ko.observable();
+			this.loading = ko.observable();
 			this.atlasReleaseUrl = ko.computed(() => consts.releaseNotesUrl('Atlas', this.atlasReleaseTag()));
 			this.webapiReleaseUrl = ko.computed(() => consts.releaseNotesUrl('WebAPI', this.webapiReleaseTag()));
 		}
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ define([
 			const webapiReleaseTag = lodash.get(info, 'buildInfo.webapiRepositoryInfo.releaseTag');
 			this.atlasReleaseTag(atlasReleaseTag);
 			this.webapiReleaseTag(webapiReleaseTag);
-			this.version(this.getVersion(info));
+			this.webapiVersion(this.getWebapiVersion(info));
 			const atlasIssues = await this.getIssuesFromAllPages('OHDSI/Atlas', atlasMilestoneId);
 			const webapiIssues = await this.getIssuesFromAllPages('OHDSI/WebAPI', webapiMilestoneId);
 			let issues = lodash.orderBy([...atlasIssues, ...webapiIssues], ['closed_at'], ['desc']);
@@ -60,15 +64,24 @@ define([
 
 		async getIssuesFromAllPages(repo, milestone, page = 1, list = []) {
 
-			const { data } = await buildInfoService.getIssues(repo, milestone, page);
-			if (data.length === buildInfoService.ISSUES_PAGE_SIZE) {
-				return this.getIssuesFromAllPages(repo, milestone, page + 1, list.concat(data));
-			} else {
-				return list.concat(data);
+			this.loading(true);
+			try {
+				const {data} = await buildInfoService.getIssues(repo, milestone, page);
+				if (data.length === buildInfoService.ISSUES_PAGE_SIZE) {
+					return this.getIssuesFromAllPages(repo, milestone, page + 1, list.concat(data));
+				} else {
+					return list.concat(data);
+				}
+			} finally {
+				this.loading(false);
 			}
 		}
 
-		getVersion(info) {
+		formatVersion(ver) {
+			return ver.replace(/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)-(.*)/, "$1 $2");
+		}
+
+		getWebapiVersion(info) {
 			let qualifier = false;
 			const artifactVersion = (info.buildInfo && info.buildInfo.artifactVersion) || '';
 			if (artifactVersion.match(/.*-SNAPSHOT/)) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fe1b58534..f55e2e4b7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "atlas",
-  "version": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.8.0-DEV",
   "description": "is an open source software tool for researchers to conduct scientific analyses on standardized observational data converted to the OMOP Common Data Model V5",
   "main": "js/main.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "prep": "npm i && npm run clean",
+    "prep": "npm i && npm run clean && npm run genversion",
     "clean": "rimraf ./js/assets/bundle && rimraf ./js/assets/fonts && rimraf ./js/assets/images",
     "build": "npm run prep && npm run build:dev",
     "build:dev": "node build/optimize.js && npm run compress",
-    "compress": "terser ./js/assets/bundle/bundle.js -o ./js/assets/bundle/bundle.js -c --source-map"
+    "compress": "terser ./js/assets/bundle/bundle.js -o ./js/assets/bundle/bundle.js -c --source-map",
+    "genversion": "genversion -s js/version/version.js && r_js -convert js/version js/ && rimraf js/version"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.1.5",
     "esprima": "^4.0.1",
     "html-document": "^0.8.1",
-    "requirejs": "^2.3.4",
+    "genversion": "^2.2.0",
+    "requirejs": "^2.3.6",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
     "terser": "3.17.0"
   },