diff --git a/phpdbg.c b/phpdbg.c
index 3cc4ba8a543..ca38078b14b 100644
--- a/phpdbg.c
+++ b/phpdbg.c
@@ -379,6 +379,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) /* {{{ */
 	ini_entries_len += sizeof(phpdbg_ini_hardcoded) - 2;
     
     phpdbg->ini_entries = ini_entries;
+    
+    printf("[Welcome to phpdbg, the interactive PHP debugger, v%s]\n", PHPDBG_VERSION);
+    printf("To get help using phpdbg type \"help\" and press enter\n");
+    printf("[Please report bugs to <%s>]\n", PHPDBG_ISSUES);
 
 	if (phpdbg->startup(phpdbg) == SUCCESS) {
 		zend_activate(TSRMLS_C);
diff --git a/phpdbg.h b/phpdbg.h
index 908c1cc4b7a..446b0671948 100644
--- a/phpdbg.h
+++ b/phpdbg.h
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
 #define PHPDBG_IS_QUIET         0x00100000
 #define PHPDBG_IS_QUITTING      0x01000000 /* }}} */
 
+/* {{{ strings */
+#define PHPDBG_ISSUES "http://github.com/krakjoe/phpdbg/issues"
+#define PHPDBG_VERSION "0.0.0" /* }}} */
+
 typedef struct _phpdbg_command_t phpdbg_command_t;
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_MODULE_GLOBALS(phpdbg)
diff --git a/phpdbg_prompt.c b/phpdbg_prompt.c
index df0f21beb41..fb6ba7cebc1 100644
--- a/phpdbg_prompt.c
+++ b/phpdbg_prompt.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static PHPDBG_COMMAND(clear) /* {{{ */
 
 static PHPDBG_COMMAND(help) /* {{{ */
 {
-	printf("[Welcome to phpdbg, the interactive PHP debugger.]\n");
+	printf("[Welcome to phpdbg, the interactive PHP debugger, v%s]\n", PHPDBG_VERSION);
 
 	if (!expr_len) {
 		const phpdbg_command_t *prompt_command = phpdbg_prompt_commands;
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static PHPDBG_COMMAND(help) /* {{{ */
 			printf("failed to find help command: %s\n", expr);
 		}
 	}
-	printf("[Please report bugs to <https://github.com/krakjoe/phpdbg/issues>]\n");
+	printf("[Please report bugs to <%s>]\n", PHPDBG_ISSUES);
 
 	return SUCCESS;
 } /* }}} */