diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index aaab016..627b4e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-16.04, macos-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-18.04, macos-latest]
     steps:
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-node@v1
       with:
         node-version: 14.x
-    - name: Set up Go 1.16
+    - name: Set up Go 1.17
       uses: actions/setup-go@v2
       with:
-        go-version: ^1.16
+        go-version: ^1.17
       id: go
 
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev
-      if: ${{ success() && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-16.04' }}
+      if: ${{ success() && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-18.04' }}
 
     - name: Cache .yarn
       uses: actions/cache@v2
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
     
     - name: Upload a Build Artifact (Linux)
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2.1.4
-      if: ${{ success() && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-16.04' }}
+      if: ${{ success() && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-18.04' }}
       with:
         # Artifact name
         name: writer-linux # optional, default is artifact
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8728d6e..9e7ac09 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ func ParseToJsString(s string) string {
 // func SetFile(value string) {file = value;w.Eval("setFileReact(" + ParseToJsString(value) + ")")}
 
 func main() {
+	if os.Args[1] == "-v" || os.Args[1] == "--version" {
+		println("writer version v1.0.0-alpha.1")
+		return
+	}
 	debug := true
 	w = webview.New(debug)
 	defer w.Destroy()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2049ec0..fe94066 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "writer",
-  "version": "1.0.0-alpha.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0-alpha.1",
   "description": "The HTML/CSS/JS component of writer.",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "repository": "https://github.com/retrixe/writer.git",