diff --git a/backend/lib/updater/Updater.js b/backend/lib/updater/Updater.js
index a9cfaef85f2..fb54c428df8 100644
--- a/backend/lib/updater/Updater.js
+++ b/backend/lib/updater/Updater.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Updater {
 
         if (updaterConfig.enabled === true) {
             this.state = new States.ValetudoUpdaterIdleState({
-                currentVersion: Tools.GET_VALETUDO_VERSION()
+                currentVersion: this.updateProvider.getCurrentVersion()
             });
         } else {
             this.state = new States.ValetudoUpdaterDisabledState({});
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class Updater {
                 fs.unlinkSync(downloadPath);
 
                 this.state = new States.ValetudoUpdaterIdleState({
-                    currentVersion: Tools.GET_VALETUDO_VERSION()
+                    currentVersion: this.updateProvider.getCurrentVersion()
                 });
 
                 this.cleanupHandler = () => {};
diff --git a/backend/lib/updater/lib/steps/ValetudoUpdaterCheckStep.js b/backend/lib/updater/lib/steps/ValetudoUpdaterCheckStep.js
index f115bfec4f1..d45da18658d 100644
--- a/backend/lib/updater/lib/steps/ValetudoUpdaterCheckStep.js
+++ b/backend/lib/updater/lib/steps/ValetudoUpdaterCheckStep.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ValetudoUpdaterCheckStep extends ValetudoUpdaterStep {
     async execute() {
         const requiresLowmem = Tools.IS_LOWMEM_HOST();
         const arch = this.architectures[process.arch];
-        const currentVersion = Tools.GET_VALETUDO_VERSION();
+        const currentVersion = this.updateProvider.getCurrentVersion();
 
         if (this.embedded !== true) {
             throw new ValetudoUpdaterError(
diff --git a/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/GithubValetudoNightlyUpdateProvider.js b/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/GithubValetudoNightlyUpdateProvider.js
index e30afe1dd30..b7b42020ded 100644
--- a/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/GithubValetudoNightlyUpdateProvider.js
+++ b/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/GithubValetudoNightlyUpdateProvider.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+const Tools = require("../../../utils/Tools");
 const ValetudoRelease = require("./ValetudoRelease");
 const ValetudoReleaseBinary = require("./ValetudoReleaseBinary");
 const ValetudoUpdateProvider = require("./ValetudoUpdateProvider");
 const {get} = require("../UpdaterUtils");
 
 class GithubValetudoNightlyUpdateProvider extends ValetudoUpdateProvider {
+    getCurrentVersion() {
+        return Tools.GET_COMMIT_ID();
+    }
 
     /**
      * @return {Promise<Array<import("./ValetudoRelease")>>}
diff --git a/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/GithubValetudoUpdateProvider.js b/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/GithubValetudoUpdateProvider.js
index c545f729f03..9f5257a9b73 100644
--- a/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/GithubValetudoUpdateProvider.js
+++ b/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/GithubValetudoUpdateProvider.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+const Tools = require("../../../utils/Tools");
 const ValetudoRelease = require("./ValetudoRelease");
 const ValetudoReleaseBinary = require("./ValetudoReleaseBinary");
 const ValetudoUpdateProvider = require("./ValetudoUpdateProvider");
 const {get} = require("../UpdaterUtils");
 
 class GithubValetudoUpdateProvider extends ValetudoUpdateProvider {
-
     /**
      * @return {Promise<Array<import("./ValetudoRelease")>>}
      */
diff --git a/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/ValetudoUpdateProvider.js b/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/ValetudoUpdateProvider.js
index 23a94569467..023390cfb4a 100644
--- a/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/ValetudoUpdateProvider.js
+++ b/backend/lib/updater/lib/update_provider/ValetudoUpdateProvider.js
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 const NotImplementedError = require("../../../core/NotImplementedError");
+const Tools = require("../../../utils/Tools");
 
 class ValetudoUpdateProvider {
     constructor() {
         //intentional
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This allows checking for updates based on either the valetudo version, the commit id or something else entirely
+     * @return {string}
+     */
+    getCurrentVersion() {
+        return Tools.GET_VALETUDO_VERSION();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @abstract
      * @return {Promise<Array<import("./ValetudoRelease")>>} These have to be sorted by release date. Element 0 should be the most recent one
diff --git a/util/build_release_manifest.js b/util/build_release_manifest.js
index 09a3f1fe84b..f243763ec83 100644
--- a/util/build_release_manifest.js
+++ b/util/build_release_manifest.js
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 const crypto = require("crypto");
 const fs = require("fs");
 const packageJson = require("../package.json");
+const path = require("path");
+
+function GET_COMMIT_ID() {
+    let commitId = "nightly";
+
+    try {
+        const rootDirectory = path.resolve(__dirname, "..");
+        commitId = fs.readFileSync(rootDirectory + "/.git/HEAD", {"encoding": "utf-8"}).trim();
+
+        if (commitId.match(/^ref: refs\/heads\/master$/) !== null) {
+            commitId = fs.readFileSync(rootDirectory + "/.git/refs/heads/master", {"encoding": "utf-8"}).trim();
+        }
+    } catch (e) {
+        //intentional
+    }
+
+    return commitId;
+}
 
 const manifest = {
     timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
@@ -41,7 +59,7 @@ Object.values(binaries).forEach((path, i) => {
 })
 
 if (process.argv.length > 2 && process.argv[2] === "nightly") {
-    manifest.version = "nightly";
+    manifest.version = GET_COMMIT_ID();
 
     try {
         manifest.changelog = fs.readFileSync("./build/changelog_nightly.md").toString();