diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 065b097f0..448abb0ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 pkg/
-/server/release_version.go
 /go-bindata
 /machine*
 /bin
diff --git a/server/release_version.go b/server/release_version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bdafaca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/release_version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+package server
+const ReleaseVersion = "v0.2.1-pre"