diff --git a/assets/launcher.rml b/assets/launcher.rml
index d4a77d1..6496117 100644
--- a/assets/launcher.rml
+++ b/assets/launcher.rml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 					</div>
 				</div>
 				<div class="bottom-left">
-					<label>{{version_number}}</label>
+					<label>v{{version_number}}</label>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 		</div>
diff --git a/lib/N64ModernRuntime b/lib/N64ModernRuntime
index 5699906..09f5759 160000
--- a/lib/N64ModernRuntime
+++ b/lib/N64ModernRuntime
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5699906f34fcc82905303092d081ad92aa74f926
+Subproject commit 09f5759d3a68437d407d54922e3fddf0c52f4dad
diff --git a/src/main/main.cpp b/src/main/main.cpp
index 0fbf6f6..cc34fa8 100644
--- a/src/main/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main/main.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 
 #include "../../lib/rt64/src/contrib/stb/stb_image.h"
 
+const std::string version_string = "1.2.0-dev";
+
 template<typename... Ts>
 void exit_error(const char* str, Ts ...args) {
     // TODO pop up an error
@@ -527,6 +529,12 @@ void release_preload(PreloadContext& context) {
 #endif
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+    recomp::Version project_version{};
+    if (!recomp::Version::from_string(version_string, project_version)) {
+        ultramodern::error_handling::message_box(("Invalid version string: " + version_string).c_str());
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
     // Map this executable into memory and lock it, which should keep it in physical memory. This ensures
     // that there are no stutters from the OS having to load new pages of the executable whenever a new code page is run.
     PreloadContext preload_context;
@@ -625,6 +633,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     recomp::start(
         64 * 1024 * 1024, // 64MB to have plenty of room for loading mods
+        project_version,
         {},
         rsp_callbacks,
         renderer_callbacks,
diff --git a/src/ui/ui_launcher.cpp b/src/ui/ui_launcher.cpp
index b4b6312..f699eb7 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui_launcher.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/ui_launcher.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "nfd.h"
 #include <filesystem>
 
-std::string version_number = "v1.1.1";
+static std::string version_string;
 
 Rml::DataModelHandle model_handle;
 bool mm_rom_valid = false;
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ public:
 		Rml::DataModelConstructor constructor = context->CreateDataModel("launcher_model");
 
 		constructor.Bind("mm_rom_valid", &mm_rom_valid);
-		constructor.Bind("version_number", &version_number);
+
+		version_string = recomp::get_project_version().to_string();
+		constructor.Bind("version_number", &version_string);
 
 		model_handle = constructor.GetModelHandle();
 	}