diff --git a/mqtt2prom/Dockerfile b/mqtt2prom/Dockerfile
index f8964e9..44900e1 100644
--- a/mqtt2prom/Dockerfile
+++ b/mqtt2prom/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM debian:12
+FROM debian:12 as prepare
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
 RUN apt-get install -y php-dev php-cli php-pear php-mbstring php-curl git build-essential libmosquitto-dev libmosquitto-dev php-sqlite3
 WORKDIR /tmp
@@ -11,4 +11,12 @@ RUN make install
 RUN echo "extension=mosquitto.so" > /etc/php/8.2/cli/php.ini
 ADD run /usr/local/bin/entrypoint
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/entrypoint
+FROM prepare as make_git_id
+WORKDIR /tmp/repo
+ADD .git /tmp/repo/.git
+RUN git rev-parse HEAD > /tmp/git_id
+FROM prepare as runner
+ENV GIT_ID=unknown
+COPY --from=make_git_id /tmp/git_id /var/lib/git_id
+
 CMD ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint"]
diff --git a/mqtt2prom/run b/mqtt2prom/run
index 1d479e8..8f61d95 100755
--- a/mqtt2prom/run
+++ b/mqtt2prom/run
@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ pcntl_signal(SIGTERM, "endit");
 pcntl_signal(SIGHUP, "endit");
 
 $mqttPort = getEnvWithDefaultInt("MQTT_PORT", 1883);
-
 $mqttUser = getEnvWithDefaultStr("MQTT_USER", "");
 $mqttPass = getEnvWithDefaultStr("MQTT_PASS", "");
 $mqttClientId = getEnvWithDefaultStr("MQTT_CLIENT_ID", "mqtt2prometheus");
 $mqttTopic = getEnvWithDefaultStr("MQTT_TOPIC", "prometheus");
 $qos = getEnvWithDefaultInt("MQTT_QOS", 2);
 $ignoreRetained = getEnvWithDefaultInt("IGNORE_RETAINED", 1) ? 1 : 0;
+$gitId="Unknown";
+if (is_file("/var/lib/git_id")) {
+    $gitId = trim(file_get_contents("/var/lib/git_id"));
+}
 
 $mqtt = new Mosquitto\Client($mqttClientId);
 
@@ -185,10 +188,11 @@ function precheck(Message $message): bool
 function output(): void
 {
     filter();
-    global $data, $stats, $globalCounter;
+    global $data, $stats, $globalCounter,$gitId;
     $t = time();
 
     $prom = "";
+    $prom .= "# from git-id                   : $gitId\n";
     $prom .=
         "# service started at             : " .
         STARTED .