diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 79a7be8..3db0990 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import "github.com/Showmax/go-fqdn"
 var GITCOMMIT	string	// this is passed in as an ldflag
 var GOVERSION	string	// this is passed in as an ldflag
 var BUILDTIME	string	// this is passed in as an ldflag
+const VERSION = "0.2"
 
 // use mergo to merge structs
 // import "github.com/imdario/mergo"
@@ -120,10 +121,6 @@ func main() {
 	ipAAAA := lookupAAAA(hostname)
 	gui.Data.IPv6		= ipAAAA
 
-	gui.Data.Version	= "v0.2"
-	gui.Data.GitCommit	= GITCOMMIT
-	gui.Data.GoVersion	= GOVERSION
-	gui.Data.Buildtime	= BUILDTIME
 	gui.Data.MouseClick     = mainMouseClick
 	gui.Data.HomeDir	= user.HomeDir
 
@@ -144,7 +141,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// make this the main loop in an attempt to figure out the crashes
 	// do not change this until the GUI is stable
-	gui.StartNewWindow(config, false, "SPLASH", getNEWTEXT)
+	gui.StartNewWindow(config, false, "SPLASH", showSplashBox)
 }
 
 // This is the handler for all mosue clicks (buttons, areas, etc))
diff --git a/splash.go b/splash.go
index ff8efa2..08055db 100644
--- a/splash.go
+++ b/splash.go
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
+import "log"
+import "runtime"
+
 import "git.wit.com/wit/gui"
 
 import "github.com/andlabs/ui"
@@ -35,3 +38,31 @@ func getNEWTEXT() *ui.AttributedString {
 
 	return aText
 }
+
+func showSplashBox(gw *gui.GuiWindow) *gui.GuiBox{
+	log.Println("ShowSplashBox() START")
+	text := getNEWTEXT()
+	box := gui.ShowTextBox(gw, text)
+
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		gui.NewLabel(box,"OS: Linux")
+	} else if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		gui.NewLabel(box,"OS: Windows")
+	} else {
+		gui.NewLabel(box,"OS: " + runtime.GOOS)
+	}
+
+	gui.NewLabel(box, "Version: " + VERSION)
+
+	if (config.Debug) {
+		gui.NewLabel(box, "git rev-list: " + GITCOMMIT)
+		gui.NewLabel(box, "go build version: " + GOVERSION)
+		gui.NewLabel(box, "build date: " + BUILDTIME)
+	}
+
+	okButton := gui.CreateButton(box, nil, nil, "OK", "AREA", nil)
+	gui.AddButtonToBox(box, okButton)
+
+	log.Println("ShowSplashBox() END box =", box)
+	return box
+}