diff --git a/Virtual Display Driver Control/App.xaml.cs b/Virtual Display Driver Control/App.xaml.cs
index 418ed6b6..60ea98ae 100644
--- a/Virtual Display Driver Control/App.xaml.cs	
+++ b/Virtual Display Driver Control/App.xaml.cs	
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 namespace Virtual_Display_Driver_Control {
     public partial class App : Application {
+        public static Version Version = new Version(1, 0, 0);
+
 #pragma warning disable CS8618 // Non-nullable field must contain a non-null value when exiting constructor. Consider declaring as nullable.
         public static Window Window { get; private set; }
         public static IAppSettings Settings { get; private set; }
diff --git a/Virtual Display Driver Control/Common/Version.cs b/Virtual Display Driver Control/Common/Version.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e58025d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Virtual Display Driver Control/Common/Version.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Windows.Devices.Bluetooth;
+
+namespace Virtual_Display_Driver_Control.Common;
+
+public class Version {
+    public uint Major;
+    public uint Minor;
+    public uint Patch;
+
+    public Version(uint major, uint minor, uint patch) {
+        Major = major;
+        Minor = minor;
+        Patch = patch;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Virtual Display Driver Control/Views/SettingsView.xaml.cs b/Virtual Display Driver Control/Views/SettingsView.xaml.cs
index 76c57ccd..1b307a0e 100644
--- a/Virtual Display Driver Control/Views/SettingsView.xaml.cs	
+++ b/Virtual Display Driver Control/Views/SettingsView.xaml.cs	
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using System;
 using Virtual_Display_Driver_Control.Helpers;
-using Windows.ApplicationModel;
-using Windows.Storage;
 using Windows.System;
 
 namespace Virtual_Display_Driver_Control.Views;
@@ -12,9 +10,8 @@ namespace Virtual_Display_Driver_Control.Views;
 public sealed partial class SettingsView : Page {
     public string AppInfo {
         get {
-            var version = Package.Current.Id.Version;
             var appTitle = Application.Current.Resources["AppTitleName"] as string;
-            var versionString = $"{version.Major}.{version.Minor}.{version.Build}.{version.Revision}";
+            var versionString = $"{App.Version.Major}.{App.Version.Minor}.{App.Version.Patch}";
             return $"{appTitle} - v{versionString}";
         }
     }
@@ -49,8 +46,6 @@ private void themeMode_SelectionChanged(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
     }
 
     private void themeMode_load() {
-        ApplicationDataContainer localSettings = ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings;
-
         // do not fire callback when we change the index here
         themeMode.SelectionChanged -= themeMode_SelectionChanged;
 
@@ -75,8 +70,6 @@ private void themeMaterial_load() {
             ((ComboBoxItem)themeMaterial.Items[1]).IsEnabled = false;
         }
 
-        ApplicationDataContainer localSettings = ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings;
-
         // do not fire callback when we change the index here
         themeMaterial.SelectionChanged -= themeMaterial_SelectionChanged;