diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index feddd948..2f8d6f1f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -237,19 +237,6 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.1</version> <!-- 3.1.2 breaks build on JDK 9+ -->
-                <configuration>
-                    <archive>
-                        <manifest>
-                            <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
-                            <mainClass>the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.BytecodeViewer</mainClass>
-                        </manifest>
-                    </archive>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -287,9 +274,21 @@
                                 <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
                                 <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
                                 <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                                <exclude>META-INF/*LICENSE*</exclude>
+                                <exclude>META-INF/*NOTICE*</exclude>
+                                <exclude>META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</exclude>
                             </excludes>
                         </filter>
                     </filters>
+                    <transformers>
+                        <transformer
+                                implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                            <mainClass>the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.BytecodeViewer</mainClass>
+                            <manifestEntries>
+                                <Implementation-Version>${version}</Implementation-Version>
+                            </manifestEntries>
+                        </transformer>
+                    </transformers>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/Constants.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/Constants.java
index b146fc4b..ebe19ff3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/Constants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/Constants.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import java.io.PrintStream;
 public class Constants
 {
 	/*per version*/
-	public static final String VERSION = "2.10.14"; //could be loaded from the pom
+	public static final String VERSION = BytecodeViewer.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
 	public static String krakatauVersion = "12";
 	public static String enjarifyVersion = "4";
 	public static final boolean BLOCK_TAB_MENU = true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/compilers/impl/KrakatauAssembler.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/compilers/impl/KrakatauAssembler.java
index 3093fc94..3ac886c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/compilers/impl/KrakatauAssembler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/compilers/impl/KrakatauAssembler.java
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ public class KrakatauAssembler extends InternalCompiler
         if(!ExternalResources.getSingleton().hasSetPython2Command())
             return null;
 
-        String origName = MiscUtils.randomString(20);
-
         File tempD = new File(Constants.tempDirectory + fs + MiscUtils.randomString(32) + fs);
         tempD.mkdir();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/decompilers/impl/CFRDecompiler.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/decompilers/impl/CFRDecompiler.java
index e4a0243f..8d4a90a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/decompilers/impl/CFRDecompiler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/decompilers/impl/CFRDecompiler.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.Deque;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/malwarescanner/MalwareCodeScanner.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/malwarescanner/MalwareCodeScanner.java
index 52e32a7f..bcfac4cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/malwarescanner/MalwareCodeScanner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/malwarescanner/MalwareCodeScanner.java
@@ -117,16 +117,16 @@ public abstract class MalwareCodeScanner implements CodeScanner
 	
 	public void foundLDC(MalwareScan scan, String ldc, String foundAt)
 	{
-		scan.sb.append(header() + " Found LDC \"").append(ldc).append("\" ").append(foundAt);
+		scan.sb.append(header()).append(" Found LDC \"").append(ldc).append("\" ").append(foundAt);
 	}
 	
 	public void foundMethod(MalwareScan scan, String foundAt)
 	{
-		scan.sb.append(header() + " Found Method call to ").append(foundAt);
+		scan.sb.append(header()).append(" Found Method call to ").append(foundAt);
 	}
 	
 	public void found(MalwareScan scan, String found)
 	{
-		scan.sb.append(header() + " Found ").append(found);
+		scan.sb.append(header()).append(" Found ").append(found);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/util/VersionChecker.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/util/VersionChecker.java
index 9a7f6cdc..eda49bc7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/util/VersionChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/util/VersionChecker.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.util;
 
+import java.util.Objects;
 import me.konloch.kontainer.io.HTTPRequest;
 import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.BytecodeViewer;
 import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.Configuration;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public class VersionChecker implements Runnable
 			
 			}
 			
-			if (!VERSION.equals(version))
+			if (VERSION != null && !VERSION.equals(version))
 			{
 				MultipleChoiceDialogue outdatedDialogue = new MultipleChoiceDialogue("Bytecode Viewer - Outdated Version",
 						"Your version: " + VERSION + ", latest version: "