diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29..43deb20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Changelog
+
+This file documents any relevant changes.
+
+## [0.5.0] - 2021-11-08
+
+- first release
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e09e8ab..e9eab9b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,38 @@
-# viur-tools
-ViUR related python tools
+## ViUR-ClI
+
+The ViUR-Cli project allows the control of ViUR projects from one central location.
+
+### Installation
+
+use pip or pipenv to install this package
+
+ ```sh
+    pip install viur-cli
+   ```
+
+### Some Examples
+
+ ```sh 
+ viur-cli --help
+ viur-cli init
+ viur-cli run
+ viur-cli deploy
+ viur-cli index
+ viur-cli vi
+ viur-cli flare vi watch
+ viur-cli env
+ ```
+
+### Dependencies
+
+The app server dependents on the following packages
+
+* [click](https://click.palletsprojects.com/)
+* [app_server](https://github.com/XeoN-GHMB/app_server)
+* [pipfile-requirements](https://github.com/frostming/pipfile-requirements)
+* [watchgod](https://github.com/samuelcolvin/watchgod)
+* [python-minifier](https://github.com/dflook/python-minifier)
+
+## License
+
+Distributed under the MIT License. See `LICENSE` for more information.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1262eb2..9c7a634 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = viur_cli
-version = 0.2.0
+version = viur_cli.__version__
 author = Andreas H. Kelch
 author_email = ak@mausbrand.de
 description = A CLI to do everyday tasks
diff --git a/src/viur_cli/cli.py b/src/viur_cli/cli.py
index c510726..568cd88 100644
--- a/src/viur_cli/cli.py
+++ b/src/viur_cli/cli.py
@@ -3,10 +3,16 @@
 projectConfig = None
 projectConfigFilePath = "./project.json"
 
+__version__ = "0.5.0"
+
 
 @click.group(invoke_without_command=True)
-def cli():
+@click.option("-v", "--version", is_flag=True)
+def cli(version):
     """Info output"""
+    if version:
+        click.echo(f"ViUR-CLI {__version__}")
+        return 0
     click.echo("Welcome to ViUR-CLI")
     loadConfig()
 
diff --git a/src/viur_cli/local.py b/src/viur_cli/local.py
index 89ce863..d3b469d 100644
--- a/src/viur_cli/local.py
+++ b/src/viur_cli/local.py
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ def env():
 
     click.echo(f"Current Environment:")
 
+    # viur-cli
+    if shutil.which("viur-cli"):
+        app_server_version = subprocess.check_output(['viur-cli', '-v']).decode("utf-8")
+        click.echo(f"{valid_icon} {app_server_version}")
+    else:
+        click.echo(f"{failed_icon} ViUR-CLI")
+
     # app_server
     if shutil.which("app_server"):
         app_server_version = subprocess.check_output(['app_server', '-V']).decode("utf-8")