diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b529a2e..4d94cf8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ $ goodhosts -h
     goodhosts - manage your hosts file goodly
 
   USAGE:
-     main.exe [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
+     goodosts [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
   
   COMMANDS:
      add, a         Add an entry to the hostsfile
diff --git a/cmd/add.go b/cmd/add.go
index 0a996e0..24819bc 100644
--- a/cmd/add.go
+++ b/cmd/add.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func add(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	err = hostsfile.Add(ip, hostEntries...)
 	if err != nil {
-		return cli.NewExitError(err.Error(), 2)
+		return cli.Exit(err.Error(), 2)
 	}
 
 	if c.Bool("clean") {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func add(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	logrus.Debugln("flushing hosts file to disk")
 	if err := hostsfile.Flush(); err != nil {
-		return cli.NewExitError(err.Error(), 2)
+		return cli.Exit(err.Error(), 2)
 	}
 
 	logrus.Infof("hosts entry added: %s %s\n", ip, strings.Join(hostEntries, " "))
diff --git a/cmd/check.go b/cmd/check.go
index 5fdff9e..7ed6cf1 100644
--- a/cmd/check.go
+++ b/cmd/check.go
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ func check(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return cli.NewExitError(fmt.Sprintf("%s does not match anything in the hosts file", input), 1)
+	return cli.Exit(fmt.Sprintf("%s does not match anything in the hosts file", input), 1)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/clean.go b/cmd/clean.go
index f09c8d1..256dd25 100644
--- a/cmd/clean.go
+++ b/cmd/clean.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func clean(c *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	if err := h.Flush(); err != nil {
-		return cli.NewExitError(err.Error(), 2)
+		return cli.Exit(err.Error(), 2)
 	}
 	return debugFooter(c)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 0a64e50..f06a23a 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ func Commands() []*cli.Command {
 		List(),
 		Remove(),
 		Restore(),
-		Version(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -48,11 +47,11 @@ func loadHostsfile(c *cli.Context, readOnly bool) (*hostsfile.Hosts, error) {
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return hfile, cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
+		return hfile, cli.Exit(err, 1)
 	}
 
 	if !readOnly && !hfile.IsWritable() {
-		return hfile, cli.NewExitError("Host file not writable. Try running with elevated privileges.", 1)
+		return hfile, cli.Exit("Host file not writable. Try running with elevated privileges.", 1)
 	}
 
 	return hfile, nil
diff --git a/cmd/remove.go b/cmd/remove.go
index 2c2a5fc..5ab5ee5 100644
--- a/cmd/remove.go
+++ b/cmd/remove.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func remove(c *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	if args.Len() == 0 {
-		return cli.NewExitError("no input", 1)
+		return cli.Exit("no input", 1)
 	}
 
 	if args.Len() == 1 { //could be ip or hostname
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func remove(c *cli.Context) error {
 		if hostsfile.HasIp(args.Slice()[0]) {
 			err = hostsfile.Remove(args.Slice()[0], hostEntries...)
 			if err != nil {
-				return cli.NewExitError(err.Error(), 2)
+				return cli.Exit(err.Error(), 2)
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func remove(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	logrus.Debugln("flushing hosts file to disk")
 	if err := hostsfile.Flush(); err != nil {
-		return cli.NewExitError(err.Error(), 2)
+		return cli.Exit(err.Error(), 2)
 	}
 
 	logrus.Infof("entry removed: %s\n", strings.Join(hostEntries, " "))
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c5147e..0000000
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-)
-
-type VersionKey string
-
-func Version() *cli.Command {
-	return &cli.Command{
-		Name:   "version",
-		Usage:  "",
-		Action: version,
-	}
-}
-
-func version(c *cli.Context) error {
-	logrus.Infof("goodhosts %s", c.Context.Value(VersionKey("version")))
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a2da7db..c648bcb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,20 +3,19 @@ module github.com/goodhosts/cli
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/goodhosts/hostsfile v0.1.2
-	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.4
-	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2
+	github.com/goodhosts/hostsfile v0.1.3
+	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/t-tomalak/logrus-easy-formatter v0.0.0-20190827215021-c074f06c5816
-	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.1.1
+	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.25.7
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20210307081110-f21760c49a8d // indirect
-	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d // indirect
+	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.7 // indirect
-	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190422165155-953cdadca894 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 // indirect
+	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20201216005158-039620a65673 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ffb28c3..44eed0f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,43 +1,45 @@
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diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0d75736..bd1e569 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -13,16 +12,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
-var version = "dev"
+var (
+	version = "dev"
+	commit  = "none"
+	date    = "unknown"
+)
 
 func main() {
 	app := &cli.App{
 		Name:     "goodhosts",
 		Usage:    "manage your hosts file goodly",
 		Action:   cmd.DefaultAction,
-		Commands: cmd.Commands(),
+		Commands: append(cmd.Commands(), Version()),
 		Before: func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-			ctx.Context = context.WithValue(ctx.Context, cmd.VersionKey("version"), version)
 			if ctx.Bool("debug") {
 				logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
 			} else {
@@ -61,3 +63,15 @@ func main() {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
+
+func Version() *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:    "version",
+		Usage:   "",
+		Aliases: []string{"v", "ver"},
+		Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+			logrus.Infof("goodhosts %s@%s built on %s", version, commit, date)
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+}