diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ba110f..97a9f9d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 project(SparrowRenderer)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
+set(VERSION_MAJOR 1)
+set(VERSION_MINOR 0)
+
 # choose resource files
 file(GLOB RESOURCES_FILES src/*.h shaders/*.glsl)
 FILE(GLOB RES_SRC_FILE shaders/*.glsl)
diff --git a/src/sparrowrenderer.cpp b/src/sparrowrenderer.cpp
index c1a5a2e..1492745 100644
--- a/src/sparrowrenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/sparrowrenderer.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include "pipeline.h"
 #include "scene.h"
+#include "Version.h"
+
 // main methods
 
 bool SparrowRenderer::modernOpenglAvailable = false;
@@ -22,27 +24,27 @@ void SparrowRenderer::initGL(int w, int h, bool forceCrappy)
     GLenum err = glewInit();
     if (GLEW_OK != err)
         fprintf(stderr, "Warning: glewInit failed!\n");
-    if (!forceCrappy &&
-        GLEW_ARB_vertex_program   &&
-        GLEW_ARB_draw_buffers     &&
-        GLEW_ARB_framebuffer_object &&
-        glewIsSupported("GL_VERSION_3_3") &&
-        GLEW_VERSION_3_3 &&
-        strcmp("3.30",(const char *)glGetString(GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION)) <= 0)
-    {
-        modernOpenglAvailable = true;
-        printf("Modern OpenGL available.\n");
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        modernOpenglAvailable = false;
-        fprintf(stderr, "Warning: modern OpenGL not supported!\nEnabling fallback crappy rendering mode\n");
-    }
 
-    std::cout << "OpenGL " << glGetString(GL_VERSION) << std::endl;
-    std::cout << "GLSL " << glGetString(GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION) << std::endl;
-    std::cout << "Renderer " << glGetString(GL_RENDERER) << std::endl;
-    std::cout << "Vendor " << glGetString(GL_VENDOR) << std::endl;
+    modernOpenglAvailable = !forceCrappy &&
+                            GLEW_ARB_vertex_program   &&
+                            GLEW_ARB_draw_buffers     &&
+                            GLEW_ARB_framebuffer_object &&
+                            glewIsSupported("GL_VERSION_3_3") &&
+                            GLEW_VERSION_3_3 &&
+                            strcmp("3.30",(const char *)glGetString(GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION)) <= 0;
+
+#ifdef RENDER_DEBUG
+    printf("Using SparrowRenderer %d.%d\n\n", VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR);
+    if(modernOpenglAvailable)
+        printf("Modern OpenGL available.\n");
+    else
+        fprintf(stderr, "Warning: modern OpenGL not supported!\nEnabling fallback crappy rendering mode\n");
+    printf("OpenGL %s\nGLSL %s\nRenderer %s\nVendor %s\n",
+           glGetString(GL_VERSION),
+           glGetString(GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION),
+           glGetString(GL_RENDERER),
+           glGetString(GL_VENDOR));
+#endif
 
     resizeGL(w, h);
 }