diff --git a/moonraker/confighelper.py b/moonraker/confighelper.py
index 0578887..aa9880f 100644
--- a/moonraker/confighelper.py
+++ b/moonraker/confighelper.py
@@ -89,5 +89,7 @@ def get_configuration(server, system_args):
     if server_cfg.get('enable_debug_logging', True):
         logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
-    config['system_args'] = {'logfile': system_args.logfile}
+    config['system_args'] = {
+        'logfile': system_args.logfile,
+        'software_version': system_args.software_version}
     return ConfigHelper(server, config, 'server')
diff --git a/moonraker/moonraker.py b/moonraker/moonraker.py
index 7b55cdf..c2f79bc 100644
--- a/moonraker/moonraker.py
+++ b/moonraker/moonraker.py
@@ -553,9 +553,11 @@ def main():
     system_args = parser.parse_args()
 
     # Setup Logging
+    version = utils.get_software_version()
     log_file = os.path.normpath(os.path.expanduser(system_args.logfile))
     system_args.logfile = log_file
-    ql = utils.setup_logging(log_file)
+    system_args.software_version = version
+    ql = utils.setup_logging(log_file, version)
 
     if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
         msg = f"Moonraker requires Python 3.7 or above.  " \
diff --git a/moonraker/utils.py b/moonraker/utils.py
index 75b7835..fde1640 100644
--- a/moonraker/utils.py
+++ b/moonraker/utils.py
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ class LocalQueueHandler(logging.handlers.QueueHandler):
             self.handleError(record)
 
 class MoonrakerLoggingHandler(logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler):
-    def __init__(self, filename, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, software_version, filename, **kwargs):
         super(MoonrakerLoggingHandler, self).__init__(filename, **kwargs)
         self.header = "Moonraker Log Start...\n"
-        self.header += "Git Version: " + get_software_version() + "\n"
+        self.header += f"Git Version: {software_version}\n"
         self.header += "="*80 + "\n"
         if self.stream is not None:
             self.stream.write(self.header)
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ def get_software_version():
 
     return "?"
 
-def setup_logging(log_file):
+def setup_logging(log_file, software_version):
     root_logger = logging.getLogger()
     queue = Queue()
     queue_handler = LocalQueueHandler(queue)
     root_logger.addHandler(queue_handler)
     root_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
     file_hdlr = MoonrakerLoggingHandler(
-        log_file, when='midnight', backupCount=2)
+        software_version, log_file, when='midnight', backupCount=2)
     formatter = logging.Formatter(
         '%(asctime)s [%(filename)s:%(funcName)s()] - %(message)s')
     file_hdlr.setFormatter(formatter)