diff --git a/lib/utils/app.js b/lib/utils/app.js
index e4e8089..f1ce920 100644
--- a/lib/utils/app.js
+++ b/lib/utils/app.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const yargs = require("yargs-parser")
 const app = {}
 const { cmdAlias } = require("./../config")
 const help =  require("./../cmd/help")
+const package = require("./../../package.json")
 
 const options = {
      new: {
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ app.parse = () => {
      if (!cmdAlias[cmd]) throw new Error(`banga: "${cmd}" is not a recognised command or alias`)
 
      args.$cmd = cmdAlias[cmd]
+     args.$version = package.version
 
      process.ARGS = { ...options[args.$cmd], ...args }
 }