diff --git a/application/views/scripts/about/index.phtml b/application/views/scripts/about/index.phtml
index 71ae71bc0..d6d766e93 100644
--- a/application/views/scripts/about/index.phtml
+++ b/application/views/scripts/about/index.phtml
@@ -2,26 +2,18 @@
     <h1>Icinga Web 2</h1>
     <?php
     $versionInfo = array();
-    if ($version !== false) {
-        foreach (array(
-            'appVersion'    => $this->translate('Version: %s'),
-            'gitCommitID'   => $this->translate('Git commit ID: %s'),
-            'gitCommitDate' => $this->translate('Git commit date: %s')
-        ) as $key => $label) {
-            if (array_key_exists($key, $version) && null !== ($value = $version[$key])) {
-                $versionInfo[] = sprintf($label, htmlspecialchars($value));
-            }
+    foreach (array(
+        'appVersion'    => $this->translate('Version: %s'),
+        'gitCommitID'   => $this->translate('Git commit ID: %s'),
+        'gitCommitDate' => $this->translate('Git commit date: %s')
+    ) as $key => $label) {
+        if (array_key_exists($key, $version) && null !== ($value = $version[$key])) {
+            $versionInfo[] = sprintf($label, htmlspecialchars($value));
         }
     }
 
-    echo (
-        0 === count($versionInfo)
-            ? '<p class="message-error">' . $this->translate(
-                'Can\'t determine Icinga Web 2\'s version'
-            )
-            : '<p>' . nl2br(implode("\n", $versionInfo), false)
-    ) . '</p>';
     ?>
+    <p><?= implode('<br>', $versionInfo) ?></p>
     <p>Copyright &copy; 2013-2015&emsp;<a href="https://www.icinga.org"><?=
         $this->translate('The Icinga Project')
     ?></a><br>License: GNU GPL v2 or later</p>
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/Version.php b/library/Icinga/Application/Version.php
index 7d8f54fbf..22b05f1cc 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Application/Version.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Application/Version.php
@@ -13,15 +13,16 @@ class Version
     /**
      * Get the version of this instance of Icinga Web 2
      *
-     * @return array|false array on success, false otherwise
+     * @return array
      */
     public static function get()
     {
+        $version = array('appVersion' => self::VERSION);
+
         if (false !== ($appVersion = @file_get_contents(Icinga::app()->getApplicationDir('GITCOMMIT')))) {
             $matches = array();
             if (@preg_match('/^(?P<gitCommitID>\w+) (?P<gitCommitDate>\S+)/', $appVersion, $matches)) {
-                $matches['appVersion'] = self::VERSION;
-                return $matches;
+                return array_merge($version, $matches);
             }
         }
 
@@ -38,12 +39,11 @@ class Version
             if (false !== $gitCommitID) {
                 $matches = array();
                 if (@preg_match('/(?<!.)(?P<gitCommitID>[0-9a-f]+)$/ms', $gitCommitID, $matches)) {
-                    $matches['appVersion'] = self::VERSION;
-                    return $matches;
+                    return array_merge($version, $matches);
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        return false;
+        return $version;
     }
 }