diff --git a/OptiScaler/nvapi/fakenvapi/main.cpp b/OptiScaler/nvapi/fakenvapi/main.cpp
index 2fbbcf94..4545f843 100755
--- a/OptiScaler/nvapi/fakenvapi/main.cpp
+++ b/OptiScaler/nvapi/fakenvapi/main.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #endif
 #include "../external/nvapi.h"
 #include "fakenvapi.h"
+#include "../version.h"
 
 #include "log.h"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hinstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved) {
                 prepareLogging(spdlog::level::info);
         else
             prepareLogging(spdlog::level::off);
+        spdlog::critical("fakenvapi version: {}", FAKENVAPI_VERSION);
         break;
     case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
         closeLogging();
diff --git a/OptiScaler/nvapi/fakenvapi/meson.build b/OptiScaler/nvapi/fakenvapi/meson.build
index 3fd0f2d6..eea27cbd 100644
--- a/OptiScaler/nvapi/fakenvapi/meson.build
+++ b/OptiScaler/nvapi/fakenvapi/meson.build
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
-windows = import('windows')
-
-rc_file = configure_file(
-  input: 'resource.rc.in',
-  output: 'resource.rc',
-  configuration: {
-    'FILEVERSION': '1,0,0,0',
-  }
-)
-
-rc = windows.compile_resources(rc_file)
-
 dll = shared_library(
     'nvapi'+target_suffix,
-    ['main.cpp', 'fakenvapi.cpp', 'util.cpp', 'log.cpp'],
+    ['main.cpp', 'fakenvapi.cpp', 'util.cpp', 'log.cpp', fakenvapi_version],
     rc,
     name_prefix : '',
     dependencies : [ lib_dxgi ],
diff --git a/OptiScaler/nvapi/fakenvapi/resource.rc.in b/OptiScaler/nvapi/fakenvapi/resource.rc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 3175531b..00000000
--- a/OptiScaler/nvapi/fakenvapi/resource.rc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#include <windows.h>
-
-VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION @FILEVERSION@
- FILETYPE VFT_DLL
-{
-  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-  {
-    BLOCK "040904B0"
-    {
-      VALUE "ProductName", "fakenvapi\0"
-      VALUE "FileVersion", "@FILEVERSION@\0"
-    }
-  }
-  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-  {
-    VALUE "Translation", 0x0409, 1252
-  }
-}