diff --git a/js/admin/src/components/DashboardPage.js b/js/admin/src/components/DashboardPage.js
index 93534b5a3..c0f565591 100644
--- a/js/admin/src/components/DashboardPage.js
+++ b/js/admin/src/components/DashboardPage.js
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ export default class DashboardPage extends Component {
       <div className="DashboardPage">
         <div className="container">
           <h2>Welcome to Flarum Beta</h2>
-          <p>This is beta software; you shouldn't use it in production.</p>
-          <p>You're running version X</p>
-          <p>Get help on X. Report bugs here. Feedback here. Contribute here.</p>
+          <p>Thanks for trying out Flarum! You are running version <strong>{app.forum.attribute('version')}</strong>.</p>
+          <p>This is beta software, and should not be used in production. If you run into any trouble, please read the <a href="http://flarum.org/docs/troubleshooting" target="_blank">Troubleshooting docs</a>. You can get further help on the <a href="http://discuss.flarum.org" target="_blank">support forum</a> and report bugs on <a href="https://github.com/flarum/core/issues" target="_blank">GitHub</a>.</p>
+          <p>If you'd like to contribute, check out the <a href="http://flarum.org/docs/contributing" target="_blank">Contributing page</a>.</p>
         </div>
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/less/admin/DashboardPage.less b/less/admin/DashboardPage.less
index eacbbe62b..1c5c70380 100644
--- a/less/admin/DashboardPage.less
+++ b/less/admin/DashboardPage.less
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 .DashboardPage {
+  background: @control-bg;
+  color: @control-color;
+  min-height: 100vh;
+  font-size: 16px;
+  line-height: 1.7;
+
   @media @desktop-up {
     .container {
       max-width: 600px;
@@ -6,4 +12,10 @@
       margin: 0;
     }
   }
+
+  h2 {
+    font-size: 30px;
+    font-weight: 300;
+    margin-top: 0;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/Api/Serializers/ForumSerializer.php b/src/Api/Serializers/ForumSerializer.php
index 61bfce741..7490adfb4 100644
--- a/src/Api/Serializers/ForumSerializer.php
+++ b/src/Api/Serializers/ForumSerializer.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 namespace Flarum\Api\Serializers;
 
 use Flarum\Core;
+use Flarum\Core\Application;
 
 class ForumSerializer extends Serializer
 {
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ class ForumSerializer extends Serializer
 
         if ($this->actor->isAdmin()) {
             $attributes['adminUrl'] = Core::url('admin');
+            $attributes['version'] = Application::VERSION;
         }
 
         return $attributes;
diff --git a/src/Core/Application.php b/src/Core/Application.php
index 2720ea04a..b3de34329 100644
--- a/src/Core/Application.php
+++ b/src/Core/Application.php
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application as ApplicationContract;
 class Application extends Container implements ApplicationContract
 {
     /**
-     * The Laravel framework version.
+     * The Flarum version.
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '5.1.9 (LTS)';
+    const VERSION = '0.1.0-beta';
 
     /**
      * The base path for the Laravel installation.