diff --git a/app/helpers/resque_web/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/resque_web/application_helper.rb
index cea8053..7e9b85c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/resque_web/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/resque_web/application_helper.rb
@@ -65,5 +65,10 @@ def poll(polling=false)
       end
       content_tag :p, text, :class => 'poll'
     end
+
+    def version
+       @const ||= Resque.constants.grep(/Version/i).first
+       Resque.const_get(@const)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/resque_web/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/resque_web/application.html.erb
index 73e87e3..beaaa9a 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/resque_web/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/resque_web/application.html.erb
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 <footer id="footer">
   <div class="container">
-    <p>Powered by <a href="http://github.com/resque/resque">Resque</a> v<%=Resque::Version%></p>
+    <p>Powered by <a href="http://github.com/resque/resque">Resque</a> v<%=version%></p>
     <p>Connected to Redis namespace <%= Resque.redis.namespace %> on <%=Resque.redis_id%></p>
   </div>
 </footer>