diff --git a/client/homebrew/navbar/navbar.jsx b/client/homebrew/navbar/navbar.jsx
index 0aeac86c5..ae4604598 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/navbar/navbar.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/navbar/navbar.jsx
@@ -1,25 +1,21 @@
-var React = require('react');
-var _ = require('lodash');
+const React = require('react');
+const _ = require('lodash');
 
-var Nav = require('naturalcrit/nav/nav.jsx');
+const Nav = require('naturalcrit/nav/nav.jsx');
 
-var Navbar = React.createClass({
-	getDefaultProps: function() {
+const Navbar = React.createClass({
+	getInitialState: function() {
 		return {
+			showNonChromeWarning : false,
 			ver : '0.0.0'
 		};
 	},
 
-	getInitialState: function() {
-		return {
-			showNonChromeWarning : false
-		};
-	},
-
 	componentDidMount: function() {
-		var isChrome = /Chrome/.test(navigator.userAgent) && /Google Inc/.test(navigator.vendor);
+		const isChrome = /Chrome/.test(navigator.userAgent) && /Google Inc/.test(navigator.vendor);
 		this.setState({
-			showNonChromeWarning : !isChrome
+			showNonChromeWarning : !isChrome,
+			ver : window.version
 		})
 	},
 
@@ -40,7 +36,7 @@ var Navbar = React.createClass({
 				<Nav.item href='/' className='homebrewLogo'>
 					<div>The Homebrewery</div>
 				</Nav.item>
-				<Nav.item>{`v${this.props.ver}`}</Nav.item>
+				<Nav.item>{`v${this.state.ver}`}</Nav.item>
 
 				{this.renderChromeWarning()}
 			</Nav.section>