diff --git a/NeoQOLPack/Mod.cs b/NeoQOLPack/Mod.cs
index 52a747d..6416539 100644
--- a/NeoQOLPack/Mod.cs
+++ b/NeoQOLPack/Mod.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using GDWeave.Godot.Variants;
 using NeoQOLPack.Mods;
 using Serilog;
+using System.IO;
 
 namespace NeoQOLPack;
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ public class Mod : IMod
 	public Config Config;
 	public ILogger Logger;
 
-	private static readonly string versionTag = "v1.0.2";
+	private static string versionTag = "v0";
 	private static readonly string repo = "neomoth/NeoQOLPack";
 
 	private bool injectUpdateNotice = false;
@@ -45,6 +46,30 @@ public Mod(IModInterface modInterface) {
 	private async Task GetVersion()
 	{
 		modInterface.Logger.Information("Neo's QOL Pack loaded!! :3");
+
+		try
+		{
+			string? currentDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
+			if (currentDir is null)
+				throw new NullReferenceException(
+					"if this gets thrown i have no fucking idea how you managed to do that.");
+			string jsonPath = Path.Combine(currentDir, "mod.json");
+			if (!File.Exists(jsonPath))
+				throw new FileNotFoundException("mod.json was not found in the mod's directory.");
+			string jsonContent = File.ReadAllText(jsonPath);
+			JsonDocument document = JsonDocument.Parse(jsonContent);
+			if (document.RootElement.TryGetProperty("version", out JsonElement version))
+			{
+				string? versionAsString = version.GetString();
+				if (versionAsString is not null) versionTag = $"v{versionAsString}";
+			}
+			else throw new Exception("'version' property not found in mod.json.");
+		}
+		catch (Exception e)
+		{
+			Logger.Error(e.Message);
+		}
+		
 		try
 		{
 			JsonDocument? githubInfoRaw = await GetLatestRelease(modInterface.Logger);
diff --git a/NeoQOLPack/NeoQOLPack.csproj b/NeoQOLPack/NeoQOLPack.csproj
index 048bd3f..0a7be03 100644
--- a/NeoQOLPack/NeoQOLPack.csproj
+++ b/NeoQOLPack/NeoQOLPack.csproj
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <None Include="manifest.json" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
+        <None Include="mod.json" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/NeoQOLPack/manifest.json b/NeoQOLPack/manifest.json
index 193c487..0ff873a 100644
--- a/NeoQOLPack/manifest.json
+++ b/NeoQOLPack/manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 {
-  "Id": "NeoQOLPack",
-  "AssemblyPath": "NeoQOLPack.dll"
-}
+    "Id": "NeoQOLPack",
+    "PackPath": "NeoQOLPack.pck",
+    "AssemblyPath": "NeoQOLPack.dll",
+    "Dependencies":
+    [
+        "Sulayre.Lure"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/NeoQOLPack/mod.json b/NeoQOLPack/mod.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9985010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NeoQOLPack/mod.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "name": "NeoQOLPack",
+    "version": "1.0.3",
+    "description": "A collection of Quality of Life patches",
+    "author": "neomoth"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mod.json b/mod.json
index a204420..9985010 100644
--- a/mod.json
+++ b/mod.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "NeoQOLPack",
-    "version": "1.0.2",
+    "version": "1.0.3",
     "description": "A collection of Quality of Life patches",
     "author": "neomoth"
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file