diff --git a/pebblo/app/config/config.py b/pebblo/app/config/config.py
index bd8b16e8..5a1d28dc 100644
--- a/pebblo/app/config/config.py
+++ b/pebblo/app/config/config.py
@@ -33,16 +33,18 @@ class ClassifierConfig(BaseSettings):
 
 # ConfigFile BaseModel
 class Config(BaseSettings):
+    version: str = Field(default="unknown")
     daemon: PortConfig
     reports: ReportConfig
     logging: LoggingConfig
     classifier: ClassifierConfig
 
 
-def load_config(path) -> dict:
+def load_config(path, version) -> dict:
     try:
         # If Path does not exist in command, set default config value
         conf_obj = Config(
+            version=version,
             daemon=PortConfig(host="localhost", port=8000),
             reports=ReportConfig(
                 format="pdf", renderer="xhtml2pdf", outputDir="~/.pebblo"
diff --git a/pebblo/app/daemon.py b/pebblo/app/daemon.py
index 93e26e55..5bf6571f 100644
--- a/pebblo/app/daemon.py
+++ b/pebblo/app/daemon.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
 from pebblo.app.config.config import load_config
+from pebblo.app.utils.version import get_pebblo_version
 
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=UserWarning)
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
@@ -20,12 +21,20 @@ def start():
     global config_details
     # For loading config file details
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Pebblo  CLI")
-    parser.add_argument("--config", type=str, help="config file path")
+    parser.add_argument("-c", "--config", type=str, help="config file path")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v", "--version", action="store_true", help="display the version"
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    version = get_pebblo_version()
+    if args.version:
+        print(f"Pebblo Server version: {version}")
+        exit(0)
+
     path = args.config
     p_bar = tqdm(range(10))
-    config_details = load_config(path)
-    classifier_init(p_bar)
+    config_details = load_config(path, version)
     server_start(config_details, p_bar)
     print("Pebblo server Stopped. BYE!")
 
@@ -56,7 +65,12 @@ def classifier_init(p_bar):
 
 def server_start(config: dict, p_bar: tqdm):
     """Start server."""
-    p_bar.write("Pebblo server starting ...")
+    version = config.get("version", "unknown")
+    p_bar.write(f"Pebblo server version {version} starting ...")
+
+    # Initialize Topic and Entity Classifier
+    classifier_init(p_bar)
+
     # Starting Uvicorn Service Using config details
     from pebblo.app.config.service import Service
 
diff --git a/pebblo/app/utils/version.py b/pebblo/app/utils/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b81cae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pebblo/app/utils/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+
+
+def get_pebblo_version():
+    try:
+        ver = version("pebblo")
+    except PackageNotFoundError:
+        ver = "unknown"
+    return ver