diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd8867a7..38bc6dff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 endif()
 
 project(Alber)
-set(PANDA3DS_VERSION "0.8")
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 
 if(APPLE)
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ option(ENABLE_HTTP_SERVER "Enable HTTP server. Used for Discord bot support" OFF
 option(ENABLE_DISCORD_RPC "Compile with Discord RPC support (disabled by default)" ON)
 option(ENABLE_LUAJIT "Enable scripting with the Lua programming language" ON)
 option(ENABLE_QT_GUI "Enable the Qt GUI. If not selected then the emulator uses a minimal SDL-based UI instead" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_GIT_VERSIONING "Enables querying git for the emulator version" ON)
 option(BUILD_HYDRA_CORE "Build a Hydra core" OFF)
 option(BUILD_LIBRETRO_CORE "Build a Libretro core" OFF)
 
@@ -61,8 +61,15 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC" AND ENABLE_USER_BUILD)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /GS-")
 endif() 
 
+# Generate versioning files
 find_package(Git)
-if(GIT_FOUND)
+set(PANDA3DS_VERSION "0.8")
+
+if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include/version.hpp.in)
+    file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include/version.hpp.in "#define PANDA3DS_VERSION \"\${PANDA3DS_VERSION}\"")
+endif()
+
+if(GIT_FOUND AND ENABLE_GIT_VERSIONING)
     execute_process(
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --tags --abbrev=0
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE PANDA3DS_VERSION OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@ if(GIT_FOUND)
     string(REGEX REPLACE "^v" "" PANDA3DS_VERSION "${PANDA3DS_VERSION}")
     unset(git_version_tag)
 endif()
-configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/version.hpp.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include/version.hpp)
+configure_file(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include/version.hpp.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include/version.hpp)
 include_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include/)
 
 add_library(AlberCore STATIC)
diff --git a/include/config.hpp b/include/config.hpp
index 52be1af7..8833e4b3 100644
--- a/include/config.hpp
+++ b/include/config.hpp
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ struct EmulatorConfig {
 	bool audioEnabled = false;
 	bool vsyncEnabled = true;
 
+	bool printAppVersion = true;
+	bool appVersionOnWindow = false;
+
 	bool chargerPlugged = true;
 	// Default to 3% battery to make users suffer
 	int batteryPercentage = 3;
diff --git a/include/version.hpp.in b/include/version.hpp.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 37359828..00000000
--- a/include/version.hpp.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#define PANDA3DS_VERSION "${PANDA3DS_VERSION}"
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index dae5a0ab..e1bbf2e4 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ void EmulatorConfig::load() {
 			discordRpcEnabled = toml::find_or<toml::boolean>(general, "EnableDiscordRPC", false);
 			usePortableBuild = toml::find_or<toml::boolean>(general, "UsePortableBuild", false);
 			defaultRomPath = toml::find_or<std::string>(general, "DefaultRomPath", "");
+
+			printAppVersion = toml::find_or<toml::boolean>(general, "PrintAppVersion", true);
+			appVersionOnWindow = toml::find_or<toml::boolean>(general, "AppVersionOnWindow", false);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -127,6 +130,8 @@ void EmulatorConfig::save() {
 	data["General"]["EnableDiscordRPC"] = discordRpcEnabled;
 	data["General"]["UsePortableBuild"] = usePortableBuild;
 	data["General"]["DefaultRomPath"] = defaultRomPath.string();
+	data["General"]["PrintAppVersion"] = printAppVersion;
+	data["General"]["AppVersionOnWindow"] = appVersionOnWindow;
 	
 	data["GPU"]["EnableShaderJIT"] = shaderJitEnabled;
 	data["GPU"]["Renderer"] = std::string(Renderer::typeToString(rendererType));
diff --git a/src/panda_qt/main_window.cpp b/src/panda_qt/main_window.cpp
index 4b1f399d..45690da7 100644
--- a/src/panda_qt/main_window.cpp
+++ b/src/panda_qt/main_window.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "services/dsp.hpp"
 
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QApplication* app, QWidget* parent) : QMainWindow(parent), keyboardMappings(InputMappings::defaultKeyboardMappings()) {
-	setWindowTitle("Alber - " PANDA3DS_VERSION);
+	setWindowTitle("Alber");
 	// Enable drop events for loading ROMs
 	setAcceptDrops(true);
 	resize(800, 240 * 4);
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QApplication* app, QWidget* parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (emu->getConfig().appVersionOnWindow) {
+		setWindowTitle("Alber v" PANDA3DS_VERSION);
+	}
+
+	if (emu->getConfig().printAppVersion) {
+		printf("Welcome to Panda3DS v%s!\n", PANDA3DS_VERSION);
+	}
+
 	// The emulator graphics context for the thread should be initialized in the emulator thread due to how GL contexts work
 	emuThread = std::thread([this]() {
 		const RendererType rendererType = emu->getConfig().rendererType;
diff --git a/src/panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.cpp b/src/panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.cpp
index a60bc484..c892c3c5 100644
--- a/src/panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.cpp
+++ b/src/panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ FrontendSDL::FrontendSDL() : keyboardMappings(InputMappings::defaultKeyboardMapp
 #ifdef PANDA3DS_ENABLE_OPENGL
 	needOpenGL = needOpenGL || (config.rendererType == RendererType::OpenGL);
 #endif
-	char* windowTitle = "Alber - " PANDA3DS_VERSION;
+
+	const char* windowTitle = config.appVersionOnWindow ? ("Alber v" PANDA3DS_VERSION) : "Alber";
+	if (config.printAppVersion) {
+		printf("Welcome to Panda3DS v%s!\n", PANDA3DS_VERSION);
+	}
 
 	if (needOpenGL) {
 		// Demand 3.3 core for software renderer, or 4.1 core for OpenGL renderer (max available on MacOS)