diff --git a/backend/build.gradle b/backend/build.gradle
index d3d63c9ce..a204e0ea1 100644
--- a/backend/build.gradle
+++ b/backend/build.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'groovy'
     id 'war'
     id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.0.0.RELEASE'
+    id 'com.gorylenko.gradle-git-properties' version '1.4.21'
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
@@ -19,16 +20,20 @@ processResources.dependsOn(':ui:npm_run_buildProd')
 
 //Integration of the frontend and backend into the build to have all of the UI resources available in the app's executable war
 bootWar.dependsOn(':ui:npm_run_buildProd')
+bootWar.baseName = 'shibui'
 bootWar {
-    from(tasks.findByPath(':ui:npm_run_buildProd').outputs) {
+  manifest {
+       attributes("Manifest-Version" : "1.0", "Implementation-Version" : "${project.version}")
+   }
+   from(tasks.findByPath(':ui:npm_run_buildProd').outputs) {
         into '/'
     }
-    archiveName = 'shibui.war'
+    archiveName = "${baseName}.war"
 }
-bootWar.baseName = 'shibui'
 
 springBoot {
     mainClassName = 'edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.ShibbolethUiApplication'
+    buildInfo()
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
 
     // spring boot auto-config starters
-    ['starter-web', 'starter-data-jpa', 'starter-security', 'devtools'].each {
+    ['starter-web', 'starter-data-jpa', 'starter-security', 'starter-actuator', 'devtools'].each {
         compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-${it}"
     }
     providedRuntime 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat'
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile "org.liquibase:liquibase-core"
     compile group: 'org.jadira.usertype', name: 'usertype.core', version: '6.0.1.GA'
 
-    //So it works on Java 9 without explicitly requiring to load that module (needed ny Hibernate)
+    //So it works on Java 9 without explicitly requiring to load that module (needed by Hibernate)
     runtimeOnly 'javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.0'
 
     // TODO: these will likely only be runtimeOnly or test scope, unless we want to ship the libraries with the final product
@@ -151,4 +156,4 @@ tasks.withType(JavaExec) {
 
 compileJava {
     dependsOn generateSources
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index edddaec0c..ac9a01597 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -45,4 +45,8 @@ shibui.logout-url=/dashboard
 
 spring.profiles.active=default
 
-#shibui.default-password=
\ No newline at end of file
+#shibui.default-password=
+
+#Actuator endpoints (info)
+# Un-comment to get full git details exposed like author, abbreviated SHA-1, commit message
+#management.info.git.mode=full
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/banner.txt b/backend/src/main/resources/banner.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ea63f248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/banner.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+  ____    _       _   _         _   _   ___
+ / ___|  | |__   (_) | |__     | | | | |_ _|
+ \___ \  | '_ \  | | | '_ \    | | | |  | |
+  ___) | | | | | | | | |_) |   | |_| |  | |
+ |____/  |_| |_| |_| |_.__/     \___/  |___|
+
+${AnsiColor.GREEN}
+Application Version:    ${application.formatted-version}
+Spring Boot Version:    ${spring-boot.formatted-version}
+${AnsiColor.DEFAULT}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a6916b87d..64d85a8b6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'nebula.release' version '6.0.0'
+}
+
+release {
+    defaultVersionStrategy = org.ajoberstar.gradle.git.release.opinion.Strategies.SNAPSHOT
+}
+
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
     gradleVersion = 4.6
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 90e1e24b3..103d33b9a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-version=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+name=shibui
+group=edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui
+version=1.0.1-SNAPSHOT
 
 shibboleth.version=3.4.0-SNAPSHOT
 opensaml.version=3.4.0-SNAPSHOT
@@ -6,4 +8,4 @@ xmltooling.version=1.4.7-SNAPSHOT
 
 spring-boot.version=2.0.0.RELEASE
 
-hibernate.version=5.2.11.Final
\ No newline at end of file
+hibernate.version=5.2.11.Final