diff --git a/src/global.h b/src/global.h
index 344586be4..54532fc22 100644
--- a/src/global.h
+++ b/src/global.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
   #define NEUTRINO_CPP extern
 #endif
 
+#define IMAGE_VERSION_FILE             "/.version"
+
 #define NEUTRINO_SETTINGS_FILE		CONFIGDIR "/neutrino.conf"
 #define NEUTRINO_SCAN_SETTINGS_FILE	CONFIGDIR "/scan.conf"
 #define NEUTRINO_PARENTALLOCKED_FILE	DATADIR   "/neutrino/.plocked"
diff --git a/src/gui/buildinfo.cpp b/src/gui/buildinfo.cpp
index 864b63498..a17b6d0ce 100644
--- a/src/gui/buildinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/buildinfo.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ bool CBuildInfo::GetData()
 
 #if 0
 	CConfigFile data ('\t');
-	data.loadConfig(TARGET_PREFIX "/.version");
+	data.loadConfig(IMAGE_VERSION_FILE);
 	build_info_t creator	= {BI_TYPE_ID_CREATOR, LOCALE_BUILDINFO_CREATOR, data.getString("creator", "n/a")};
 	v_info.push_back(creator);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/gui/imageinfo.cpp b/src/gui/imageinfo.cpp
index 316e529b1..a95a8c845 100644
--- a/src/gui/imageinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/imageinfo.cpp
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@
 #include <nhttpd/yconfig.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
-#define VERSION_FILE "/.version"
-
 #define OS_RELEASE_FILE "/usr/lib/os-release"
 #define OE_IMAGE_VERSION_FILE "/etc/image-version"
 
@@ -305,7 +303,7 @@ void CImageInfo::InitInfoData()
 		config.clear();
 	}
 
-	config.loadConfig(VERSION_FILE);
+	config.loadConfig(IMAGE_VERSION_FILE);
 
 	string version_string = config.getString("version", "");
 
@@ -331,7 +329,7 @@ void CImageInfo::InitInfoData()
 		}else
 			version_string = oe_image_version;
 	}else
-		printf("[CImageInfo]\t[%s - %d], WARNING! %s contains possible wrong version format, content = [%s]\n", __func__, __LINE__, VERSION_FILE, version_string.c_str());
+		printf("[CImageInfo]\t[%s - %d], WARNING! %s contains possible wrong version format, content = [%s]\n", __func__, __LINE__, IMAGE_VERSION_FILE, version_string.c_str());
 #endif
 
 	image_info_t imagename 	= {g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_IMAGEINFO_IMAGE),	config.getString("imagename", PACKAGE_NAME)};
diff --git a/src/gui/network_setup.cpp b/src/gui/network_setup.cpp
index 6893ab5cb..cda8124f8 100644
--- a/src/gui/network_setup.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/network_setup.cpp
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ void CNetworkSetup::testNetworkSettings()
 
 	//get www-domain testsite from /.version
 	CConfigFile config('\t');
-	config.loadConfig("/.version");
+	config.loadConfig(IMAGE_VERSION_FILE);
 	testsite = config.getString("homepage",defaultsite);
 	testsite.replace( 0, testsite.find("www",0), "" );
 
diff --git a/src/gui/update.cpp b/src/gui/update.cpp
index 6b72529b6..f385ddb80 100644
--- a/src/gui/update.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/update.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ bool CFlashUpdate::checkOnlineVersion()
 
 	CConfigFile _configfile('\t');
 	std::string versionString = "????????????????";
-	if (_configfile.loadConfig(TARGET_PREFIX "/.version"))
+	if (_configfile.loadConfig(IMAGE_VERSION_FILE))
 		versionString = _configfile.getString("version", "????????????????");
 	dprintf(DEBUG_NORMAL, "[update] file %s\n", g_settings.softupdate_url_file.c_str());
 	CFlashVersionInfo curInfo(versionString.c_str());
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ bool CFlashUpdate::selectHttpImage(void)
 	std::string versionString = "????????????????";
 	std::string imagedescription = "";
 	std::string imageversion = "n/a";
-	if (_configfile.loadConfig(TARGET_PREFIX "/.version"))
+	if (_configfile.loadConfig(IMAGE_VERSION_FILE))
 	{
 		versionString = _configfile.getString("version", "????????????????");
 		imagedescription = _configfile.getString("imagedescription", "");
diff --git a/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp b/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
index 99dbfe037..e6e13113d 100644
--- a/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
+++ b/src/nhttpd/tuxboxapi/controlapi.cpp
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ void CControlAPI::InfoCGI(CyhookHandler *hh)
 		if (hh->ParamList["1"] == "streaminfo")		// print streaminfo
 			SendStreamInfo(hh);
 		else if (hh->ParamList["1"] == "version")	// send version file
-			hh->SendFile("/.version");
+			hh->SendFile(IMAGE_VERSION_FILE);
 		else if (hh->ParamList["1"] == "httpdversion")	// print httpd version typ (just for compatibility)
 			hh->Write("3");
 		else if (hh->ParamList["1"] == "nhttpd_version")// print nhttpd version
@@ -2103,7 +2103,7 @@ void CControlAPI::EpgCGI(CyhookHandler *hh)
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void CControlAPI::VersionCGI(CyhookHandler *hh)
 {
-	hh->SendFile("/.version");
+	hh->SendFile(IMAGE_VERSION_FILE);
 }
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void CControlAPI::ReloadNeutrinoSetupCGI(CyhookHandler *hh)