diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fcdd0e18891073527450e5019a465d8fce5f8950..b49efa71b10bae8e24e157cb185da7127957d0cc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "express": "^4.14.0",
     "express-winston": "^2.4.0",
     "formidable": "^1.0.17",
+    "git-rev-sync": "^1.9.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^7.0.1",
     "mongoose": "^4.5.1",
     "winston": "^2.3.1"
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 1cec72c3384c3fe4c64b4f70ef51e5a4d9edc8b7..fc6f87f8645dd880de32123203cc508f2a45b956 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 var cors = require('cors');
 var winston = require('winston');
 var expressWinston = require('express-winston');
+var git = require('git-rev-sync');
 
 // local include
 var logger = require('./utils/logger');
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ if (config.logFile) {
 }
 
 logger.info('--- Started VILLASweb backend ---');
+logger.info('Branch: ' + git.branch() + ', Commit: ' + git.short());
 
 // configure app
 app.use(expressWinston.logger({ winstonInstance: logger }));