diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5fc4c10bc6b7cf50dddbec18b02e46244bf40818..1f06e3dd2824316bec2b55cc33ba04b01aaf8540 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
-file(READ VERSION PROJECT_VERSION)
+exec_program("git" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ARGS "describe --dirty --always --exclude '*'" OUTPUT_VARIABLE SOURCE_VERSION)
 
-project(biotracker-lucaskanade.bio_tracker)
+project(biotracker-background_subtraction_tracker
+    LANGUAGES CXX
+)
 
 if("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Windows")
     option(PACKAGE_WINDOWS_MSI "Create .msi package" OFF)
 endif()
 option(PACKAGE_TXZ "Create .tar.xz package" OFF)
 
-find_package(biotracker-utility 0.2 REQUIRED)
+find_package(biotracker-utility REQUIRED)
 
 add_subdirectory(Src)
 
 include(cmake/Locate.cmake)
 if("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Windows")
-    install(TARGETS ${target} DESTINATION .)
-
     option(INSTALL_REQUIRED_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES "Install required system libraries" OFF)
     if(INSTALL_REQUIRED_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES)
         set(CMAKE_INSTALL_UCRT_LIBRARIES TRUE)
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ endif()
 
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "BioTracker Plugin BackgroundSubtraction")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Biorobotics Lab / FU Berlin")
-
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION ${SOURCE_VERSION})
 
 if(PACKAGE_WINDOWS_MSI)
     set(CPACK_GENERATOR "WIX")
diff --git a/Src/BioTrackerPlugin.json.in b/Src/BioTrackerPlugin.json.in
index ea0e4398e6d619044cfb7137185a35a4519d4191..b4675eb677075675825ccdb4eec5b570b1090370 100644
--- a/Src/BioTrackerPlugin.json.in
+++ b/Src/BioTrackerPlugin.json.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {   "type" :            "TrackingPlugin",
     "name" :            "Background Subtraction Tracker",
     "longname" :        "some long name",
-    "version" :         "CURRENT_GIT_HASH",
+    "version" :         "SOURCE_VERSION",
     "dependencies" :    []
 }
diff --git a/Src/CMakeLists.txt b/Src/CMakeLists.txt
index c8e00e098a1ba0f66b667d9f45fc5f67561a8f01..8e6b18bd27d0e36e00ae7e94a912bc0d88f5b20f 100644
--- a/Src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 #### Biotracker: backgroundSubtraction
 ##############################################################
 
-include(biotracker-utility/VSSugar)
-VSSourceGroups(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
-
 include(biotracker-utility/TrackerPlugin)
 
 set(target biotracker-backgroundSubtraction.bio_tracker)
diff --git a/Src/plugin.json.in b/Src/plugin.json.in
index 9e37a47a3ce18f6635889f974371aaf659eb4e0e..e5902689f75c6c0fb8869af7272dc2eb0d89096e 100644
--- a/Src/plugin.json.in
+++ b/Src/plugin.json.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {   "type" :            "TrackingPlugin",
     "name" :            "Background Subtraction Tracker",
     "longname" :        "some long name",
-    "version" :         "@CURRENT_GIT_HASH@",
+    "version" :         "@SOURCE_VERSION@",
     "dependencies" :    []
 }
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 341cf11faf9a29504168de4e54beaad182c5adc5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.2.0
\ No newline at end of file