diff --git a/lib/NGCP/BulkProcessor/Globals.pm b/lib/NGCP/BulkProcessor/Globals.pm
index be13fae..a9e2b03 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/BulkProcessor/Globals.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/BulkProcessor/Globals.pm
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
 	$system_instance_label
 	$local_ip
 	$local_fqdn
-	$application_version
+    get_application_version
 	$application_path
 	$executable_path
 	$working_path
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ our $system_instance_label;
 
 our $local_ip = get_ipaddress();
 our $local_fqdn = get_hostfqdn();
-our $application_version = ($main::VERSION // $VERSION);
 our $application_path = get_applicationpath();
 our $executable_path = $FindBin::Bin . '/';
 #my $remotefilesystem = "MSWin32";
@@ -490,6 +489,13 @@ sub _prepare_working_paths {
 
 }
 
+
+sub get_application_version {
+
+    return $main::VERSION // $VERSION;
+
+}
+
 sub get_applicationpath {
 
   return dirname(abs_path(__FILE__)) . '/';
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/BulkProcessor/LoadConfig.pm b/lib/NGCP/BulkProcessor/LoadConfig.pm
index 8f4bb4c..31d5676 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/BulkProcessor/LoadConfig.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/BulkProcessor/LoadConfig.pm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use NGCP::BulkProcessor::Globals qw(
     $system_name
     $system_instance_label
     $local_fqdn
-    $application_version
+    get_application_version
     $application_path
     $working_path
     $executable_path
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ sub _splashinfo {
 
     my ($configfile) = @_;
     configurationinfo($system_name . (length($system_instance_label) ? ' (' . $system_instance_label . ')' : '') . ' [' . $local_fqdn . ']',getlogger(__PACKAGE__));
-    configurationinfo('application version: ' . $application_version,getlogger(__PACKAGE__));
+    configurationinfo('application version: ' . get_application_version(),getlogger(__PACKAGE__));
     configurationinfo('application path: ' . $application_path,getlogger(__PACKAGE__));
     configurationinfo('working path: ' . $working_path,getlogger(__PACKAGE__));
     configurationinfo($cpucount . ' cpu(s), multithreading ' . ($enablemultithreading ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'),getlogger(__PACKAGE__));