diff --git a/freqtrade/__init__.py b/freqtrade/__init__.py
index f2ae5dc63..23ab945b4 100644
--- a/freqtrade/__init__.py
+++ b/freqtrade/__init__.py
@@ -5,9 +5,23 @@ if __version__ == 'develop':
 
     try:
         import subprocess
-        __version__ = 'develop-' + subprocess.check_output(
-            ['git', 'log', '--format="%h"', '-n 1'],
-            stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL).decode("utf-8").rstrip().strip('"')
+
+        # __version__ = 'develop-' + subprocess.check_output(
+        #     ['git', 'log', '--format="%h"', '-n 1'],
+        # stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL).decode("utf-8").rstrip().strip('"')
+
+        from datetime import datetime
+        last_release = subprocess.check_output(
+            ['git', 'tag']
+        ).decode('utf-8').split()[-1].split(".")
+        # Releases are in the format "2020.1" - we increment the latest version for dev.
+        prefix = f"{last_release[0]}.{int(last_release[1]) + 1}"
+        dev_version = int(datetime.now().timestamp() // 1000)
+        __version__ = f"{prefix}.dev{dev_version}"
+
+        #  subprocess.check_output(
+        #     ['git', 'log', '--format="%h"', '-n 1'],
+        #     stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL).decode("utf-8").rstrip().strip('"')
     except Exception:
         # git not available, ignore
         pass