diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 671ccd4a..387c859d 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: barrier-kvm # the Barrier Snappy for Linux / not tested on MAC yet
 base: core18 
-version: '2.2.0' # 03/2019 
+version: master
+version-script: git -C parts/barrier/src/ describe --tags --long | sed "s/^v//"
 summary: Eliminate the barrier between your machines.
 description: |
        Barrier is KVM software forked from Symless's synergy 1.9 codebase.