diff --git a/config/default.ts b/config/default.ts
index d95714d9..add0f882 100644
--- a/config/default.ts
+++ b/config/default.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // tslint:disable:no-default-export
 // tslint:disable:no-magic-numbers
 import {SCConfigFile, SCSettingInputType, SCThingOriginType, SCThingType} from '@openstapps/core';
+import {readFileSync} from 'fs';
+import {resolve} from 'path';
 
 /**
  * This is the default configuration for app and backend
@@ -253,7 +255,8 @@ const config: Partial<SCConfigFile> = {
 
   },
   backend: {
-    SCVersion: '1.0.0',
+    SCVersion: JSON.parse((readFileSync(resolve('.', '.', 'package.json'), 'utf-8')).toString())
+  .dependencies['@openstapps/core'],
     externalRequestTimeout: 5000,
     hiddenTypes: [
       SCThingType.DateSeries,
diff --git a/src/common.ts b/src/common.ts
index 64c5e40f..1e9e5e26 100644
--- a/src/common.ts
+++ b/src/common.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 import {SCConfigFile, SCPluginMetaData} from '@openstapps/core';
 import {Validator} from '@openstapps/core-tools/lib/validate';
 import config from 'config';
-import {readFileSync} from 'fs';
-import {resolve} from 'path';
 import {BackendTransport} from './notification/backend-transport';
 
 /**
@@ -58,8 +56,7 @@ export const plugins = new Map<string, SCPluginMetaData>();
 /**
  * The version of the installed core
  */
-export const coreVersion: string = JSON.parse((readFileSync(resolve('.', '.', 'package.json'), 'utf-8')).toString())
-  .dependencies['@openstapps/core'];
+export const coreVersion: string = configFile.backend.SCVersion;
 
 /**
  * The default timeout in milliseconds