diff --git a/src/backend/common/vendor/ListenbrainzApiClient.ts b/src/backend/common/vendor/ListenbrainzApiClient.ts
index 1e6cc77d..dc71f40c 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/vendor/ListenbrainzApiClient.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/vendor/ListenbrainzApiClient.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { findCauseByFunc } from '../../utils/ErrorUtils.ts';
 import { isSuperAgentResponseError } from '../errors/ErrorUtils.ts';
 import { playToSubmitPayload } from './listenbrainz/lzUtils.ts';
 import { isrcNoHyphens } from '../../../core/PlayUtils.ts';
+import { getRoot } from '../../ioc.ts';
 
 
 export interface SubmitOptions {
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export class ListenbrainzApiClient extends AbstractApiClient implements Pageless
 
     declare config: ListenBrainzClientData;
     url: URLData;
+    userAgent: string
 
     constructor(name: any, config: ListenBrainzClientData, options: AbstractApiOptions) {
         super('ListenBrainz', name, config, options);
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ export class ListenbrainzApiClient extends AbstractApiClient implements Pageless
             url = 'https://api.listenbrainz.org/'
         } = config;
         let cleanUrl = url;
+        this.userAgent = `multi-scrobbler/${getRoot().items.version}`
         const pathedUrl = normalizeListenbrainzUrl(cleanUrl);
         if(pathedUrl !== undefined) {
             this.logger.verbose(`LZ Server URL contained /1/, removing this because MS adds it automatically`);
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ export class ListenbrainzApiClient extends AbstractApiClient implements Pageless
 
         try {
             req.set('Authorization', `Token ${this.config.token}`);
+            req.set('User-Agent', this.userAgent);
             return await req as T;
         } catch (e) {
             const {
diff --git a/src/backend/common/vendor/musicbrainz/MusicbrainzApiClient.ts b/src/backend/common/vendor/musicbrainz/MusicbrainzApiClient.ts
index 57510c9d..53b52f99 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/vendor/musicbrainz/MusicbrainzApiClient.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/vendor/musicbrainz/MusicbrainzApiClient.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ import { difference, sleep } from "../../../utils.ts";
 import {SequentialRoundRobin} from 'round-robin-js';
 import type { Cacheable } from "cacheable";
 import { getRoot } from "../../../ioc.ts";
-import { version } from "../../../version.ts";
 import { hashObject } from "../../../utils/StringUtils.ts";
 import { playContentInvariantTransform } from "../../../utils/PlayComparisonUtils.ts";
-;
 import { AsyncLocalStorage } from "async_hooks";
 import { nanoid } from "nanoid";
 import { stripIndents } from "common-tags";
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ export class MusicbrainzApiClient extends AbstractApiClient {
             if(mb === undefined) {
                 const api = new MusicBrainzApi({
                     appName: 'multi-scrobbler',
-                    appVersion: version,
+                    appVersion: getRoot().items.version,
                     appContactInfo: mbConfig.contact,
                     baseUrl: u.url.toString(),
                     preRequest: (method, url, headers) => {
diff --git a/src/backend/ioc.ts b/src/backend/ioc.ts
index 4e25d402..82281a05 100644
--- a/src/backend/ioc.ts
+++ b/src/backend/ioc.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import TransformerManager from "./common/transforms/TransformerManager.ts";
 import type {TransformerCommonConfig} from "../core/Atomic.ts";
 import prom from 'prom-client';
 import { CoverArtApiClient } from "./common/vendor/musicbrainz/CoverArtApiClient.ts";
-import { version } from "./version.ts";
+import { version, stable } from "./version.ts";
 import type {DbConcrete} from "./common/database/drizzle/drizzleUtils.ts";
 import type { MSBackendEventMap } from "./common/infrastructure/MSBackendEventMap.ts";
 
@@ -130,8 +130,18 @@ const createRoot = (options: RootOptions = {logger: loggerDebug}) => {
 
     const portVal: number | string = process.env.PORT ?? port;
 
+    const versionParts: string[] = [];
+    if(stable === version) {
+        versionParts.push(stable);
+    } else {
+        if(stable !== 'unknown') {
+            versionParts.push(stable);
+        }
+        versionParts.push(version);
+    }
+
     return createContainer().add({
-        version,
+        version: versionParts.join('-'),
         configDir: getConfigDir(),
         isProd: process.env.NODE_ENV !== undefined && (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' || process.env.NODE_ENV === 'prod'),
         // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/src/backend/version.ts b/src/backend/version.ts
index aec441e9..5cc5b9cc 100644
--- a/src/backend/version.ts
+++ b/src/backend/version.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { getVersion } from "@foxxmd/get-version";
 
 export let version: string = 'unknown';
+export let stable: string = 'unknown';
 
 export const parseVersion = async () => {
     version = await getVersion({ priority: ['env', 'git', 'file'] });
+    stable = await getVersion({ priority: ['file'] });
     return version;
 };
 
-- 
2.51.2


From 3bdc9447b87c0a59f5e2fca663242afee8fc5482 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FoxxMD <FoxxMD@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:38:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore(release): Bump version for release

---
 package-lock.json | 4 ++--
 package.json      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4442371c..e50074f3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "multi-scrobbler",
-  "version": "0.16.4",
+  "version": "0.16.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "multi-scrobbler",
-      "version": "0.16.4",
+      "version": "0.16.5",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ad7e3803..2371bfc9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "multi-scrobbler",
-  "version": "0.16.4",
+  "version": "0.16.5",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "scrobble plays from multiple sources to multiple clients",
   "scripts": {