diff --git a/cuvis/General.py b/cuvis/General.py
index b03a3ba..46f8c0f 100644
--- a/cuvis/General.py
+++ b/cuvis/General.py
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import platform
+import pkg_resources
 
 from ._cuvis_il import cuvis_il
 from .cuvis_aux import SDKException
 from .cuvis_types import ComponentType
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import cuvis.cuvis_types as internal
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 
-def init(settings_path:str=".", log_path:str="", global_loglevel:int=logging.DEBUG):
+def init(settings_path: str = ".", log_path: str = "", global_loglevel: int = logging.DEBUG):
     FORMAT = '%(asctime)s -- %(levelname)s: %(message)s'
     if os.path.exists(log_path):
         pass
@@ -21,9 +23,9 @@ def init(settings_path:str=".", log_path:str="", global_loglevel:int=logging.DEB
     elif platform.system() == "Windows":
         log_path = "C:\\ProgramData\\cuvis"
         os.makedirs(log_path, exist_ok=True)
-    
+
     if os.path.exists(log_path):
-        logging.basicConfig(filename= os.path.join(log_path, "cuvisSDK_python.log"),
+        logging.basicConfig(filename=os.path.join(log_path, "cuvisSDK_python.log"),
                             format=FORMAT,
                             encoding='utf-8',
                             level=global_loglevel,
@@ -36,21 +38,35 @@ def init(settings_path:str=".", log_path:str="", global_loglevel:int=logging.DEB
     if cuvis_il.status_ok != cuvis_il.cuvis_init(settings_path, internal.__CuvisLoglevel__[global_loglevel]):
         raise SDKException()
 
+
 def shutdown():
     cuvis_il.cuvis_shutdown()
 
+
 def version() -> str:
     return cuvis_il.cuvis_version_swig()
 
+
+def sdk_version() -> str:
+    return version()
+
+
+def wrapper_version() -> str:
+    pip_version = pkg_resources.require('cuvis')[0].version
+    with open(Path(__file__).parent.parent / "git-hash.txt", 'r') as f:
+        git_hash = f.readline()
+        return f'{pip_version} {git_hash}'.strip()
+
+
 def set_log_level(lvl):
     lvl_dict = {"info": {"cuvis": cuvis_il.loglevel_info,
-                            "logging": logging.INFO},
+                         "logging": logging.INFO},
                 "debug": {"cuvis": cuvis_il.loglevel_debug,
-                            "logging": logging.DEBUG},
+                          "logging": logging.DEBUG},
                 "error": {"cuvis": cuvis_il.loglevel_error,
-                            "logging": logging.ERROR},
+                          "logging": logging.ERROR},
                 "fatal": {"cuvis": cuvis_il.loglevel_fatal,
-                            "logging": logging.CRITICAL},
+                          "logging": logging.CRITICAL},
                 "warning": {"cuvis": cuvis_il.loglevel_warning,
                             "logging": logging.WARNING},
                 }
@@ -75,7 +91,7 @@ def _get_internal(self):
         ci.userfield = self.user_field
         ci.pixelformat = self.pixel_format
         return ci
-    
+
     @classmethod
     def _from_internal(cls, ci):
         return cls(type=internal.__ComponentType__[ci.type],
diff --git a/git-hash.txt b/git-hash.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87edf79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-hash.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unknown
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 21a324e..610b234 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 import platform
 import sys
 import io
-
+import subprocess
 from shutil import rmtree, copy
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Command
 from setuptools.command import develop
+from pathlib import Path
 
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
@@ -34,6 +35,13 @@
     Exception(
         'CUVIS SDK does not seem to exist on this machine! Make sure that the environment variable CUVIS is set.')
 
+
+def get_git_commit_hash() -> str:
+    try:
+        return subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD']).decode('ascii').strip()
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        return 'unknown'
+
 # taken from https://github.com/navdeep-G/setup.py/blob/master/setup.py
 
 
@@ -67,7 +75,7 @@ def run(self):
         os.system('python setup.py sdist'.format(sys.executable))
 
         self.status('Uploading the package to PyPI via Twine…')
-        os.system('twine upload -r testpypi dist/*')
+        os.system('twine upload dist/*')
 
         # self.status('Pushing git tags…')
         # os.system('git tag v{0}'.format(about['__version__']))
@@ -90,7 +98,8 @@ def __createManifest__(subdirs):
     current = os.path.dirname(__file__)
     relative_paths = [os.path.relpath(path, current) for path in subdirs]
 
-    single_files = [os.path.join(here, 'README.md')]
+    single_files = [os.path.join(here, 'README.md'),
+                    os.path.join(here, 'git-hash.txt')]
 
     rel_single_files = [os.path.relpath(path, current)
                         for path in single_files]
@@ -116,6 +125,8 @@ def __createManifest__(subdirs):
 except FileNotFoundError:
     long_description = DESCRIPTION
 
+with open(Path(__file__).parent / "git-hash.txt", 'w') as f:
+    f.write(f'{get_git_commit_hash()}\n')
 
 setup(
     name=NAME,