diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 5a860bb..20047ea 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/smartcli',
-  version: '4.0.3',
+  version: '4.0.4',
   description: 'easy observable cli tasks'
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartcli.classes.smartcli.ts b/ts/smartcli.classes.smartcli.ts
index fda9297..dcea4b2 100644
--- a/ts/smartcli.classes.smartcli.ts
+++ b/ts/smartcli.classes.smartcli.ts
@@ -95,12 +95,6 @@ export class Smartcli {
    */
   public addVersion(versionArg: string) {
     this.version = versionArg;
-    this.addCommandAlias('v', 'version');
-    this.parseCompleted.promise.then((argv) => {
-      if (argv.v) {
-        console.log(this.version);
-      }
-    });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -133,8 +127,15 @@ export class Smartcli {
         return true;
       }
     });
+    const wantedCommand = parsedYArgs._[0];
+
+    // lets handle some standards
+    if (!wantedCommand && (parsedYArgs.v || parsedYArgs.version)) {
+      console.log(this.version || 'unknown version');
+      return;
+    }
+
     for (const command of this.commandObservableMap.getArray()) {
-      const wantedCommand = parsedYArgs._[0];
       if (!wantedCommand) {
         const standardCommand = this.commandObservableMap.findSync((commandArg) => {
           return commandArg.commandName === 'standardCommand';