diff --git a/src/apps/viewer/index.ts b/src/apps/viewer/index.ts
index e612e1ee3a56dd1f5590b000b5d7076c55bb35f8..e7d5ef2739a4d50216a2c0e6b313d1c347e6d25c 100644
--- a/src/apps/viewer/index.ts
+++ b/src/apps/viewer/index.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import { DownloadDensity } from '../../mol-plugin-state/actions/volume';
 import { PluginLayoutControlsDisplay } from '../../mol-plugin/layout';
 require('mol-plugin-ui/skin/light.scss');
 
+export { PLUGIN_VERSION as version } from '../../mol-plugin/version';
+
 const Extensions = {
     'cellpack': PluginSpec.Behavior(CellPack),
     'pdbe-structure-quality-report': PluginSpec.Behavior(PDBeStructureQualityReport),