diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 4e2c471c..2a2ec2f1 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -357,6 +357,12 @@
 				<exclude name="**/*.java" />
 			</fileset>
 		</copy>
+		
+		<!-- update application properties -->
+		<replace dir="${dir.build}" encoding="utf-8" summary="yes">
+			<include name="**/*.properties" />
+			<replacefilter token="@{svn.revision}" value="${svn.revision}" />
+		</replace>
 	</target>
 
 
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.java
index 772765b6..510ccfdb 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.java
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ public final class Settings {
 	
 	
 	public static int getApplicationRevisionNumber() {
-		return Integer.parseInt(getApplicationProperty("application.revision"));
+		try {
+			return Integer.parseInt(getApplicationProperty("application.revision"));
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 	
 	
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.properties b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.properties
index 921dd22c..85d9f359 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.properties
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # application settings
 application.name: FileBot
 application.version: 2.5
-application.revision: 905
+application.revision: @{svn.revision}
 
 # application updates
 update.url = http://filebot.sourceforge.net/update.xml