diff --git a/config/fileload.php b/config/fileload.php
index d5920dd..cc48b4e 100644
--- a/config/fileload.php
+++ b/config/fileload.php
@@ -33,25 +33,22 @@ if (!$bootstrapLoaded) {
     throw new RuntimeException('No environment config found under config/.');
 }
 
-$versionFiles = [__DIR__ . '/versions.php'];
-if ($envHint) {
-    $versionFiles[] = __DIR__ . '/' . $envHint . '/versions.php';
-}
-$versionLoaded = false;
-foreach ($versionFiles as $versionFile) {
-    if ($versionFile && is_file($versionFile)) {
-        require_once $versionFile;
-        $versionLoaded = true;
+$versionText = null;
+$versionFile = __DIR__ . '/version.txt';
+if (is_file($versionFile)) {
+    $raw = trim((string)@file_get_contents($versionFile));
+    if ($raw !== '') {
+        $versionText = $raw;
     }
 }
-if (!$versionLoaded) {
-    $mainversion = $mainversion ?? 1;
-    $subversion = $subversion ?? 0;
-    $patchversion = $patchversion ?? 0;
+$mainversion = null;
+$subversion = null;
+$patchversion = null;
+if ($versionText && preg_match('/^(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)$/', $versionText, $m)) {
+    $mainversion = (int)$m[1];
+    $subversion = (int)$m[2];
+    $patchversion = (int)$m[3];
 }
-$mainversion = (int)($mainversion ?? 1);
-$subversion = (int)($subversion ?? 0);
-$patchversion = (int)($patchversion ?? 0);
 
 $emailtemplateConfigPath = __DIR__ . '/emailtemplate.conf.php';
 if (is_file($emailtemplateConfigPath)) {
@@ -63,7 +60,9 @@ if (is_file($emailtemplateConfigPath)) {
 $GLOBALS['app_env']      = APP_ENV;
 $GLOBALS['app_base_url']      = APP_URL_PRIMARY;
 $GLOBALS['app_api_base']  = $apiBaseUrl;
-$GLOBALS['app_version']   = "{$mainversion}.{$subversion}.{$patchversion}";
+$GLOBALS['app_version']   = ($mainversion !== null && $subversion !== null && $patchversion !== null)
+    ? "{$mainversion}.{$subversion}.{$patchversion}"
+    : null;
 
 if (!function_exists('get_version_badge_markup')) {
     function get_version_badge_markup(): string
diff --git a/config/version.txt b/config/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9084fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.1.0