diff --git a/backend/server.ts b/backend/server.ts
index 91e8f6e..16df9e4 100644
--- a/backend/server.ts
+++ b/backend/server.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ const logLine = (path: string, line: string) => {
   }
 };
 
+// Version endpoint sourced from package.json
+app.get('/version', (c) => {
+  try {
+    const pkgRaw = fs.readFileSync('./package.json', 'utf-8');
+    const pkg = JSON.parse(pkgRaw);
+    return c.json({ version: pkg.version || '0.0.0' });
+  } catch (err) {
+    logLine('logs/error.log', `version endpoint error: ${(err as Error)?.message || String(err)}`);
+    return c.json({ version: '0.0.0' }, 200);
+  }
+});
+
 // Serve static files from the frontend directory
 app.use('/*', serveStatic({ root: './frontend' }));
 
diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index a864910..eb46db9 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
   </div>
 
   <div id="results" aria-live="polite" class="flex flex-col gap-3 flex-1 overflow-auto p-0"></div>
-  <div class="text-right text-xs text-gray-500 mt-5 pt-3 border-t border-gray-200"><v1 class="0 0-beta3"></v1></div>
+  <div class="text-right text-xs text-gray-500 mt-5 pt-3 border-t border-gray-200"><span id="versionLabel">v1.0.0-beta2</span></div>
 </div>
 
 <!-- Detail Modal -->
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     const headers = { ...(options.headers||{}), ...authHeaders() };
     return fetch(url + `&_ts=${Date.now()}`, { ...options, headers });
   };
-  const PB_COLLECTION_URL = "https://pocketbase.ccllc.pro/api/collections/pbc_1431294567/records";
+  const PB_COLLECTION_URL = "https://pocketbase.ccllc.pro/api/collections/pbc_1407612689/records";
   const NOTES_COLLECTION_URL = "https://pocketbase.ccllc.pro/api/collections/notes/records";
   const perPage = 50;
 
@@ -137,12 +137,25 @@
   const jobFolderBtn = document.getElementById('jobFolderBtn');
   const jobNotes = document.getElementById('jobNotes');
   const newNote = document.getElementById('newNote');
+  const versionLabel = document.getElementById('versionLabel');
 
   const toolbar = document.getElementById('toolbar');
   const tbButtons = Array.from(toolbar.querySelectorAll('button'));
 
   const safeLower = v => (v||'').toString().trim().toLowerCase();
 
+  // Load version from backend /version endpoint so UI matches package.json
+  async function loadVersion(){
+    if(!versionLabel) return;
+    try{
+      const res = await fetch('/version');
+      if(!res.ok) return;
+      const data = await res.json().catch(()=>null);
+      if(data?.version) versionLabel.textContent = `v${data.version}`;
+    }catch(err){ /* silent */ }
+  }
+  loadVersion();
+
   let progTimer=null;
   function startProgress(){
     progressBar.style.width='0%';
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a846067..8475b1b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "job-info-pb",
+  "version": "1.0.0-beta2",
   "type": "module",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {