diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.java
index 3dec18ad..772765b6 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.java
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
-import java.util.jar.Manifest;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.prefs.BackingStoreException;
 import java.util.prefs.Preferences;
 
@@ -33,6 +30,11 @@ public final class Settings {
 	}
 	
 	
+	public static int getApplicationRevisionNumber() {
+		return Integer.parseInt(getApplicationProperty("application.revision"));
+	}
+	
+	
 	public static String getApplicationProperty(String key) {
 		return ResourceBundle.getBundle(Settings.class.getName(), Locale.ROOT).getString(key);
 	}
@@ -142,18 +144,6 @@ public final class Settings {
 	}
 	
 	
-	public static int getApplicationRevisionNumber() {
-		try {
-			Manifest manifest = new Manifest(Settings.class.getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF"));
-			String rev = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue("Built-Revision");
-			return Integer.parseInt(rev);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			Logger.getLogger(Settings.class.getName()).log(Level.WARNING, e.getMessage());
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-	
-	
 	public static String getApplicationIdentifier() {
 		return joinBy(" ", getApplicationName(), getApplicationVersion(), String.format("(r%s)", getApplicationRevisionNumber()));
 	}
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.properties b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.properties
index 4c81f16b..921dd22c 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.properties
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/Settings.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # application settings
 application.name: FileBot
 application.version: 2.5
+application.revision: 905
 
 # application updates
 update.url = http://filebot.sourceforge.net/update.xml