diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5de24dd78..c579b3935 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24) # earlier versions of cmake don't handle 'q
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0071 NEW) # process GENERATED source files in AUTOMOC and AUTOUIC. Added to silence a cmake warning.
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0079 NEW)
 
-project(venus-gui-v2 LANGUAGES CXX VERSION 0.02.08)
+project(venus-gui-v2 LANGUAGES CXX VERSION 0.2.8)
 add_definitions(-DPROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR=${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR} -DPROJECT_VERSION_MINOR=${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR} -DPROJECT_VERSION_PATCH=${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH} )
 
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 25684f73c..d6c9530c6 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@
 #include "src/backendconnection.h"
 #include "src/frameratemodel.h"
 
-#include "veutil/qt/ve_qitem.hpp"
-#include "veutil/qt/ve_quick_item.hpp"
-#include "veutil/qt/ve_qitem_table_model.hpp"
-#include "veutil/qt/ve_qitem_sort_table_model.hpp"
-#include "veutil/qt/ve_qitem_child_model.hpp"
-#include "veutil/qt/firmware_updater_data.hpp"
-
 #if defined(VENUS_WEBASSEMBLY_BUILD)
 #include <emscripten/html5.h>
 #include <emscripten/val.h>
@@ -219,7 +212,7 @@ void initBackend(bool *enableFpsCounter)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	qInfo("Victron gui version: v%d.%d.%d", PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR, PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR, PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH);
+	qInfo().nospace() << "Victron gui version: v" << PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR << "." << PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR << "." << PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH;
 
 #if !defined(VENUS_WEBASSEMBLY_BUILD)
 	// The qt vkb behaves in an annoying manner in qt6.5.2 wasm builds (but not other versions).