diff --git a/themes/luci-theme-bootstrap/luasrc/view/themes/bootstrap/footer.htm b/themes/luci-theme-bootstrap/luasrc/view/themes/bootstrap/footer.htm
index 09b497a101..6b028d7ffd 100644
--- a/themes/luci-theme-bootstrap/luasrc/view/themes/bootstrap/footer.htm
+++ b/themes/luci-theme-bootstrap/luasrc/view/themes/bootstrap/footer.htm
@@ -12,20 +12,15 @@ You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 -%>
 <%
+	local ver = require "luci.version"
 	local disp = require "luci.dispatcher"
-
 	local request  = disp.context.path
-
 	local category = request[1]
-
 	local tree = disp.node()
-
 	local categories = disp.node_childs(tree)
 %>
-   <footer><a href="http://luci.subsignal.org/">Powered by <%= luci.__appname__ .. " (" .. luci.__version__ .. ")" %></a>
-
-    <%=luci.version.distversion%>
-
+   <footer>
+    <a href="http://luci.subsignal.org/">Powered by <%= ver.luciname %> (<%= ver.luciversion %>)</a> / <%= ver.distversion %>
     <% if #categories > 1 then %>
      <ul class="breadcrumb pull-right" id="modemenu">
 	    <% for i, r in ipairs(categories) do %>
diff --git a/themes/luci-theme-freifunk-bno/luasrc/view/themes/freifunk-bno/footer.htm b/themes/luci-theme-freifunk-bno/luasrc/view/themes/freifunk-bno/footer.htm
index 21d1ca68a3..bc07d8dd86 100644
--- a/themes/luci-theme-freifunk-bno/luasrc/view/themes/freifunk-bno/footer.htm
+++ b/themes/luci-theme-freifunk-bno/luasrc/view/themes/freifunk-bno/footer.htm
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ $Id$
 </div></div>
 </div>
 
-<div class="luci separator black whitetext bold"><a href="<%=controller%>/about">Powered by <%= luci.__appname__ .. " (" .. luci.__version__ .. ")" %></a></div>
+<div class="luci separator black whitetext bold">
+	<% local ver = require "luci.version" -%>
+	<a href="<%=controller%>/about">Powered by <%= ver.luciname %> (<%= ver.luciversion %>)</a>
+</div>
 </div><!-- end main --><div align="center" style="padding-top:5px "></div>
 <br>
 </div><!-- end wrapper -->
diff --git a/themes/luci-theme-freifunk-generic/luasrc/view/themes/freifunk-generic/footer.htm b/themes/luci-theme-freifunk-generic/luasrc/view/themes/freifunk-generic/footer.htm
index e9df8cda00..9f6a19c48c 100644
--- a/themes/luci-theme-freifunk-generic/luasrc/view/themes/freifunk-generic/footer.htm
+++ b/themes/luci-theme-freifunk-generic/luasrc/view/themes/freifunk-generic/footer.htm
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 -%>
-<% local xtime
-if exectime then
-	xtime = (string.format("%.2fs", os.clock() - exectime)) 
-end %>
+<%
+	local ver = require "luci.version"
+
+	local xtime
+	if exectime then
+		xtime = (string.format("%.2fs", os.clock() - exectime))
+	end
+%>
 
 </div>
 <div class="clear"></div>
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ end %>
 </div>
 
 <div class="footer">
-<p class="luci"><a href="http://luci.subsignal.org">Powered by <%= luci.__appname__ .. " (" .. luci.__version__ .. ")" %></a></p>
+<p class="luci"><a href="http://luci.subsignal.org">Powered by <%= ver.luciname %> (<%= ver.luciversion %>)</a></p>
 <% if xtime then %>
 <p class="exectime">Script execution time: <%=xtime%></p>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/themes/luci-theme-openwrt/luasrc/view/themes/openwrt.org/footer.htm b/themes/luci-theme-openwrt/luasrc/view/themes/openwrt.org/footer.htm
index 5830cb932b..607885fd3f 100644
--- a/themes/luci-theme-openwrt/luasrc/view/themes/openwrt.org/footer.htm
+++ b/themes/luci-theme-openwrt/luasrc/view/themes/openwrt.org/footer.htm
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ $Id$
 </div>
 </div>
 
-<p class="luci">Powered by <%= luci.__appname__ .. " (" .. luci.__version__ .. ")" %></p>
+<p class="luci">
+	<% local ver = require "luci.version" -%>
+	Powered by <%= ver.luciname %> (<%= ver.luciversion %>)
+</p>
 </body>
 </html>