diff --git a/DEPLOYMENT.md b/DEPLOYMENT.md
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+# Deployment Guide
+
+## Automated Deployment
+
+Use the deployment script for zero-downtime deployments:
+
+```bash
+./scripts/deploy.sh
+```
+
+This script will:
+1. Create a database backup
+2. Pull latest changes from git
+3. Fetch all git tags (for version display)
+4. Build the new Docker image
+5. Restart the container with minimal downtime
+6. Clean up old images
+
+## Manual Deployment
+
+If you need to deploy manually:
+
+```bash
+# Pull latest changes
+git pull
+
+# Fetch tags (important for version display!)
+git fetch --tags
+
+# Build and restart
+docker compose build
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+## Version Display
+
+The app displays the current version in the footer. The version is determined as follows:
+
+1. **During Docker build**: The version is extracted from git tags using `git describe --tags --always`
+2. **At runtime**: The version is read from `/app/version.txt` and exposed via the `/api/version` endpoint
+3. **Local development**: The version is extracted directly from git on each request
+
+### Building with a specific version
+
+You can override the version during build:
+
+```bash
+docker compose build --build-arg APP_VERSION=v1.2.3
+```
+
+### Troubleshooting
+
+If the version shows as "dev" or "unknown":
+
+1. Make sure git tags are pushed to the remote repository:
+   ```bash
+   git push --tags
+   ```
+
+2. On the deployment server, fetch the tags:
+   ```bash
+   git fetch --tags
+   ```
+
+3. Verify tags are available:
+   ```bash
+   git describe --tags --always
+   ```
+
+4. Rebuild the Docker image:
+   ```bash
+   docker compose build --no-cache
+   docker compose up -d
+   ```
+
+## Health Check
+
+The container includes a health check that monitors the `/api/daily` endpoint. Check the health status:
+
+```bash
+docker ps
+```
+
+Look for the "healthy" status in the STATUS column.
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e90cfe2..14923bc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,14 +14,22 @@ RUN npm ci
 FROM base AS builder
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# Accept version as build argument (optional)
+ARG APP_VERSION=""
+
 # Install git to extract version information
 RUN apk add --no-cache git
 
 COPY --from=deps /app/node_modules ./node_modules
 COPY . .
 
-# Extract version from git
-RUN git describe --tags --always 2>/dev/null > /tmp/version.txt || echo "unknown" > /tmp/version.txt
+# Extract version: use build arg if provided, otherwise get from git
+RUN if [ -n "$APP_VERSION" ]; then \
+    echo "$APP_VERSION" > /tmp/version.txt; \
+    else \
+    git describe --tags --always 2>/dev/null > /tmp/version.txt || echo "unknown" > /tmp/version.txt; \
+    fi && \
+    echo "Building version: $(cat /tmp/version.txt)"
 
 # Next.js collects completely anonymous telemetry data about general usage.
 # Learn more here: https://nextjs.org/telemetry
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 6298a52..30b92c0 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ fi
 echo "📥 Pulling latest changes from git..."
 git pull
 
+# Fetch all tags
+echo "🏷️  Fetching git tags..."
+git fetch --tags
+
 # Build new image in background (doesn't stop running container)
 echo "🔨 Building new Docker image (this runs while app is still online)..."
 docker compose build