diff --git a/main.nf b/main.nf
index 3c00970..08c0acb 100644
--- a/main.nf
+++ b/main.nf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 log.info """\
-TOOL_NAME
+TOOL_NAME $workflow.manifest.version
 =============
 NF version   : $nextflow.version
 runName      : $workflow.runName
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 66e0af5..97bf65c 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ dag {
 }
 includeConfig 'conf/modules.config'
 
+String pipeline_version = new File("${projectDir}/VERSION").text
+
 manifest {
     name = "CCBR/TOOL_NAME"
     author = "CCR Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource"
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ manifest {
     description = "TODO one-line description of TOOL_NAME goes here"
     mainScript = "main.nf"
     defaultBranch = "main"
+    version = "${pipeline_version}"
 }
 
 // Function to ensure that resource requirements don't go beyond