diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-build.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-build.yml
index 207a3ec..beb7ef2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-build.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ jobs:
           version=$(python3 -c "import version; print(f'dev-{version.__version__}')")
           echo "VERSION=$version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+      # Extract branch name and latest commit SHA
+      - name: Extract branch name and commit SHA
+        id: branch_info
+        run: |
+          echo "BRANCH_NAME=${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "COMMIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      # Create a file indicating this is a dev build
+      - name: Create DEV_BUILD file
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}-${{ env.COMMIT_SHA }}" > DEV_BUILD
+
       # Set up Docker
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 89ed81a..f16fec0 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -139,13 +139,19 @@ app.config.update(
     result_backend=app.config['REDIS_URL'] 
 )
 
-
+def read_dev_build_file(file_path="/jellyplist/DEV_BUILD"):
+    if os.path.exists(file_path):
+        with open(file_path, "r") as file:
+            content = file.read().strip()
+            return f"-{content}"
+    else:
+        return None
 app.logger.info(f"initializing celery")
 celery = make_celery(app)
 socketio = SocketIO(app, message_queue=app.config['REDIS_URL'], async_mode='eventlet')
 celery.set_default()
 
-app.logger.info(f'Jellyplist {__version__} started')
+app.logger.info(f'Jellyplist {__version__}{read_dev_build_file()} started')
 from app import routes
 from app import jellyfin_routes, tasks
 if "worker" in sys.argv:
diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index 8c44be5..d460aee 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from flask import Flask, Response, jsonify, render_template, request, redirect, url_for, session, flash
-from app import app, db, functions, sp, jellyfin, celery, jellyfin_admin_token, jellyfin_admin_id,device_id,  cache
+from app import app, db, functions, sp, jellyfin, celery, jellyfin_admin_token, jellyfin_admin_id,device_id,  cache, read_dev_build_file
 from app.models import JellyfinUser,Playlist,Track
 from celery.result import AsyncResult
 from .version import __version__
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from .version import __version__
 @app.context_processor
 def add_context():
     unlinked_track_count = len(Track.query.filter_by(downloaded=True,jellyfin_id=None).all())
-    version = f"v{__version__}"
+    version = f"v{__version__}{read_dev_build_file()}"
     return dict(unlinked_track_count = unlinked_track_count, version = version)
 
 @app.after_request