diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.btc-rpc-explorer.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.btc-rpc-explorer.sh
index 8d1371493..70370d3e3 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.btc-rpc-explorer.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.btc-rpc-explorer.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # ~/.config/btc-rpc-explorer.env
 # https://github.com/janoside/btc-rpc-explorer/blob/master/.env-sample
 
+VERSION="v3.3.0"
+
 # command info
 if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "-help" ]; then
  echo "# small config script to switch BTC-RPC-explorer on or off"
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ fi
 # status
 if [ "$1" = "status" ]; then
 
+  echo "version='${VERSION}'"
+
   if [ "${BTCRPCexplorer}" = "on" ]; then
     echo "configured=1"
 
@@ -209,7 +213,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "install" ]; then
   cd /home/btcrpcexplorer
   sudo -u btcrpcexplorer git clone https://github.com/janoside/btc-rpc-explorer.git
   cd btc-rpc-explorer
-  sudo -u btcrpcexplorer git reset --hard v3.3.0
+  sudo -u btcrpcexplorer git reset --hard ${VERSION}
   sudo -u btcrpcexplorer /home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.git-verify.sh "${PGPsigner}" "${PGPpubkeyLink}" "${PGPpubkeyFingerprint}" || exit 1
   sudo -u btcrpcexplorer npm install
   if ! [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.btcpayserver.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.btcpayserver.sh
index a05f95a47..1826b21e3 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.btcpayserver.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.btcpayserver.sh
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ explorer.postgres=User ID=nbxplorer;Host=localhost;Port=5432;Application Name=nb
 
 if [ "$1" = "status" ]; then
 
+  echo "version='${BTCPayVersion}'"
+
     isInstalled=$(compgen -u | grep -c btcpay)
     echo "prepared=${isInstalled}"
     isActive=$(sudo ls /etc/systemd/system/btcpayserver.service 2>/dev/null | grep -c 'btcpayserver.service')
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.lnbits.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.lnbits.sh
index 8873174ea..3e68266ca 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.lnbits.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.lnbits.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 
 # https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits-legend/releases
 tag="0.9.4"
+VERSION="${tag}"
 
 # command info
 if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "-help" ]; then
   echo "Config script to switch LNbits on or off."
-  echo "Installs the version ${tag} by default."
+  echo "Installs the version ${VERSION} by default."
   echo "Usage:"
   echo "bonus.lnbits.sh [install|uninstall] [?GITHUBUSER] [?BRANCH|?TAG]"
   echo "bonus.lnbits.sh on [lnd|tlnd|slnd|cl|tcl|scl]"
@@ -365,6 +366,8 @@ fi
 # status
 if [ "$1" = "status" ]; then
 
+  echo "version='${VERSION}'"
+
   if [ "${LNBits}" = "on" ]; then
     echo "installed=1"
 
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.mempool.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.mempool.sh
index 05f789dca..446f565ba 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.mempool.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.mempool.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ fi
 # status
 if [ "$1" = "status" ]; then
 
+  echo "version='${pinnedVersion}'"
+
   isInstalled=$(compgen -u | grep -c mempool)
   echo "codebase=${isInstalled}"
 
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.rtl.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.rtl.sh
index 01c4f685e..a32269ae1 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.rtl.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.rtl.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ if [ "$1" = "status" ] || [ "$1" = "menu" ]; then
   RTLHTTPS=$((RTLHTTP+1))
 
   if [ "$1" = "status" ]; then
+  
+    echo "version='${RTLVERSION}'"
     echo "installed='${isInstalled}'"
     echo "localIP='${localip}'"
     echo "httpPort='${RTLHTTP}'"
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.template.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.template.sh
index ed2526385..a8585e403 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.template.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.template.sh
@@ -10,13 +10,17 @@
 # should be same as used in name if script
 APPID="template" # one-word lower-case no-specials
 
+# clean human readable version - will be displayed in UI
+# just numbers only seperated by dots (2 or 0.1 or 1.3.4 or 3.4.5.2)
+VERSION="0.1"
+
 # the git repo to get the source code from for install
 GITHUB_REPO="https://github.com/rootzoll/webapp-template"
 
 # the github tag of the version of the source code to install
 # can also be a commit hash
 # if empty it will use the latest source version
-GITHUB_VERSION="v0.1"
+GITHUB_TAG="v0.1"
 
 # the github signature to verify the author
 # leave GITHUB_SIGN_AUTHOR empty to skip verifying
@@ -36,11 +40,11 @@ PORT_TOR_SSL="12348"
 # to see how you can deal with an app that installs multiple instances depending on
 # lightning implementation or testnets - but this should be OK for a start:
 if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "-help" ]; then
-  echo "# bonus.${APPID}.sh status   -> status information (key=value)"
-  echo "# bonus.${APPID}.sh on       -> install the app"
-  echo "# bonus.${APPID}.sh off      -> uninstall the app"
-  echo "# bonus.${APPID}.sh menu     -> SSH menu dialog"
-  echo "# bonus.${APPID}.sh prestart -> will be called by systemd before start"
+  echo "# bonus.${APPID}.sh status    -> status information (key=value)"
+  echo "# bonus.${APPID}.sh on        -> install the app"
+  echo "# bonus.${APPID}.sh off       -> uninstall the app"
+  echo "# bonus.${APPID}.sh menu      -> SSH menu dialog"
+  echo "# bonus.${APPID}.sh prestart  -> will be called by systemd before start"
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -76,8 +80,9 @@ fi
 # status information as a key=value list
 if [ "$1" = "status" ]; then
   echo "appID='${APPID}'"
+  echo "version='${VERSION}'"
   echo "githubRepo='${GITHUB_REPO}'"
-  echo "githubVersion='${GITHUB_VERSION}'"
+  echo "githubVersion='${GITHUB_TAG}'"
   echo "githubSignature='${GITHUB_SIGNATURE}'"
   echo "isInstalled=${isInstalled}"
   echo "isRunning=${isRunning}"
@@ -197,10 +202,10 @@ if [ "$1" = "1" ] || [ "$1" = "on" ]; then
   echo "# download the source code & verify"
   sudo -u ${APPID} git clone ${GITHUB_REPO} /home/${APPID}/${APPID}
   cd /home/${APPID}/${APPID}
-  sudo -u ${APPID} git reset --hard $GITHUB_VERSION
+  sudo -u ${APPID} git reset --hard $GITHUB_TAG
   if [ "${GITHUB_SIGN_AUTHOR}" != "" ]; then
     sudo -u ${APPID} /home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.git-verify.sh \
-     "${GITHUB_SIGN_AUTHOR}" "${GITHUB_SIGN_PUBKEYLINK}" "${GITHUB_SIGN_FINGERPRINT}" "${GITHUB_VERSION}" || exit 1
+     "${GITHUB_SIGN_AUTHOR}" "${GITHUB_SIGN_PUBKEYLINK}" "${GITHUB_SIGN_FINGERPRINT}" "${GITHUB_TAG}" || exit 1
   fi
 
   # compile/install the app
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.thunderhub.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.thunderhub.sh
index af99abbfa..a50763f7f 100755
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.thunderhub.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/bonus.thunderhub.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "status" ] || [ "$1" = "menu" ]; then
   httpsPort="3011"
 
   if [ "$1" = "status" ]; then
+    echo "version='${THUBVERSION}'"
     echo "installed='${isInstalled}'"
     echo "localIP='${localip}'"
     echo "httpPort='${httpPort}'"