diff --git a/pandora/app/config.py b/pandora/app/config.py
index 36dfdfe3..7d158e4d 100644
--- a/pandora/app/config.py
+++ b/pandora/app/config.py
@@ -29,18 +29,14 @@ RUN_RELOADER = True
 NOTIFIER = None
 
 def get_version():
-    info = join(dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__))), '.bzr', 'branch', 'last-revision')
     git_dir = join(dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__))), '.git')
     if exists(git_dir):
         env = {'GIT_DIR': git_dir}
         cmd = ['git', 'rev-list', 'HEAD', '--count']
-        return subprocess.check_output(cmd, env=env).strip().decode('utf-8')
-    elif exists(info):
-        f = open(info)
-        rev = int(f.read().split()[0])
-        f.close()
-        if rev:
-            return u'%s' % rev
+        version = subprocess.check_output(cmd, env=env).strip().decode('utf-8')
+        if settings.VERSION_EPOCH:
+            version = settings.VERSION_EPOCH + version
+        return version
     else:
         return u'unknown'
 
diff --git a/pandora/settings.py b/pandora/settings.py
index 83dfb602..fd1cf7a0 100644
--- a/pandora/settings.py
+++ b/pandora/settings.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 
 SITE_ID = 1
 
+VERSION_EPOCH = None
+
 # If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
 # to load the internationalization machinery.
 USE_I18N = True