diff --git a/frontend/app/modals/about.tsx b/frontend/app/modals/about.tsx
index 08c0e2210e..d3a43d386d 100644
--- a/frontend/app/modals/about.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/modals/about.tsx
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 
 import Logo from "@/app/asset/logo.svg";
 import { OnboardingGradientBg } from "@/app/onboarding/onboarding-common";
+import { atoms } from "@/app/store/global";
 import { modalsModel } from "@/app/store/modalmodel";
 import { RpcApi } from "@/app/store/wshclientapi";
 import { TabRpcClient } from "@/app/store/wshrpcutil";
 import { isDev } from "@/util/isdev";
 import { fireAndForget } from "@/util/util";
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { getApi } from "../store/global";
+import { useAtomValue } from "jotai";
+import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { Modal } from "./modal";
 
 interface AboutModalVProps {
@@ -84,9 +85,9 @@ const AboutModalV = ({ versionString, updaterChannel, onClose }: AboutModalVProp
 AboutModalV.displayName = "AboutModalV";
 
 const AboutModal = () => {
-    const [details] = useState(() => getApi().getAboutModalDetails());
-    const [updaterChannel] = useState(() => getApi().getUpdaterChannel());
-    const versionString = `${details.version} (${isDev() ? "dev-" : ""}${details.buildTime})`;
+    const fullConfig = useAtomValue(atoms.fullConfigAtom);
+    const versionString = `${fullConfig?.version ?? ""} (${isDev() ? "dev-" : ""}${fullConfig?.buildtime ?? ""})`;
+    const updaterChannel = fullConfig?.settings?.["autoupdate:channel"] ?? "latest";
 
     useEffect(() => {
         fireAndForget(async () => {
diff --git a/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts b/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
index 5c61e4199e..402757e121 100644
--- a/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
@@ -1020,6 +1020,8 @@ declare global {
         bookmarks: {[key: string]: WebBookmark};
         waveai: {[key: string]: AIModeConfigType};
         configerrors: ConfigError[];
+        version: string;
+        buildtime: string;
     };
 
     // waveobj.Job
diff --git a/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go b/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
index 2a1927630f..8de3832bcf 100644
--- a/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
@@ -376,6 +376,8 @@ type FullConfigType struct {
 	Bookmarks      map[string]WebBookmark          `json:"bookmarks"`
 	WaveAIModes    map[string]AIModeConfigType     `json:"waveai"`
 	ConfigErrors   []ConfigError                   `json:"configerrors" configfile:"-"`
+	Version        string                          `json:"version" configfile:"-"`
+	BuildTime      string                          `json:"buildtime" configfile:"-"`
 }
 
 type ConnKeywords struct {
@@ -696,6 +698,8 @@ func ReadFullConfig() FullConfigType {
 			utilfn.ReUnmarshal(fieldPtr, configPart)
 		}
 	}
+	fullConfig.Version = wavebase.WaveVersion
+	fullConfig.BuildTime = wavebase.BuildTime
 	return fullConfig
 }