diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/cloud/BubbleVersionInfo.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/cloud/BubbleVersionInfo.java
index 807cb061..826de316 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/cloud/BubbleVersionInfo.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/model/cloud/BubbleVersionInfo.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import lombok.Setter;
 import lombok.ToString;
 import lombok.experimental.Accessors;
 
+import java.util.Properties;
+
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.empty;
 import static org.cobbzilla.wizard.model.SemanticVersion.isNewerVersion;
 
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ public class BubbleVersionInfo {
     @Getter @Setter private String version;
     @Getter @Setter private String shortVersion;
     @Getter @Setter private String sha256;
+    @Getter @Setter private Properties software;
 
     public boolean valid() { return !empty(version) && !empty(sha256); }
 
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/server/BubbleConfiguration.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/server/BubbleConfiguration.java
index 016cbfc1..f5a1127a 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/server/BubbleConfiguration.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/server/BubbleConfiguration.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
 import java.beans.Transient;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ public class BubbleConfiguration extends PgRestServerConfiguration
     public static final String TAG_SECURITY_LEVELS = "securityLevels";
     public static final String TAG_RESTORE_MODE = "awaitingRestore";
     public static final String TAG_RESTORING_IN_PROGRESS = "restoreInProgress";
+    public static final String TAG_FULL_VERSION = "fullVersion";
     public static final String TAG_JAR_VERSION = "jarVersion";
     public static final String TAG_JAR_UPGRADE_AVAILABLE = "jarUpgradeAvailable";
     public static final String TAG_MAX_USERS = "maxUsers";
@@ -165,8 +168,23 @@ public class BubbleConfiguration extends PgRestServerConfiguration
     public boolean hasSageNode () { return getSageNode() != null; }
 
     @Getter @Setter private String letsencryptEmail;
+
     @Getter @Setter private String releaseUrlBase;
 
+    public static final File SOFTWARE_VERSIONS_FILE = new File(HOME_DIR+"/bubble_versions.properties");
+    @Getter(lazy=true) private final Properties defaultSoftwareVersions = initDefaultSoftwareVersions();
+    private Properties initDefaultSoftwareVersions() {
+        if (!SOFTWARE_VERSIONS_FILE.exists()) return null;
+        final Properties props = new Properties();
+        try (InputStream in = new FileInputStream(SOFTWARE_VERSIONS_FILE)) {
+            props.load(in);
+            return props;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("initDefaultSoftwareVersions: "+shortError(e));
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Setter private String localStorageDir = DEFAULT_LOCAL_STORAGE_DIR;
     public String getLocalStorageDir () { return empty(localStorageDir) ? DEFAULT_LOCAL_STORAGE_DIR : localStorageDir; }
 
@@ -265,7 +283,8 @@ public class BubbleConfiguration extends PgRestServerConfiguration
         return new BubbleVersionInfo()
                 .setVersion(version)
                 .setShortVersion(shortVersion)
-                .setSha256(getJarSha());
+                .setSha256(getJarSha())
+                .setSoftware(getDefaultSoftwareVersions());
     }
     public String getShortVersion () { return getVersionInfo().getShortVersion(); }
 
@@ -367,6 +386,7 @@ public class BubbleConfiguration extends PgRestServerConfiguration
                         {TAG_SSL_PORT, getDefaultSslPort()},
                         {TAG_SUPPORT, getSupport()},
                         {TAG_SECURITY_LEVELS, DeviceSecurityLevel.values()},
+                        {TAG_FULL_VERSION, getVersionInfo()},
                         {TAG_JAR_VERSION, getVersion()},
                         {TAG_JAR_UPGRADE_AVAILABLE, getJarUpgradeAvailable() ? getSageVersion() : null},
                         {TAG_MAX_USERS, plan == null ? null : plan.getMaxAccounts()},
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/packer/PackerService.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/packer/PackerService.java
index 1b927c73..a82c0023 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/packer/PackerService.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/service/packer/PackerService.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ import static org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpUtil.url2string;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.io.FileUtil.abs;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.io.FileUtil.mkdirOrDie;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.io.StreamUtil.stream2string;
-import static org.cobbzilla.util.security.ShaUtil.*;
+import static org.cobbzilla.util.security.ShaUtil.sha256_file;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.string.StringUtil.splitAndTrim;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.system.CommandShell.chmod;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.system.CommandShell.execScript;
@@ -118,7 +119,13 @@ public class PackerService {
     }
 
     private final Map<String, String> softwareVersions = new HashMap<>();
+
     public String getSoftwareVersion(String roleName) {
+        final Properties defaults = configuration.getDefaultSoftwareVersions();
+        if (defaults != null) {
+            final String version = defaults.getProperty(roleName.replace("-", "_"));
+            if (version != null) return version;
+        }
         final String releaseUrlBase = configuration.getReleaseUrlBase();
         return softwareVersions.computeIfAbsent(roleName, r -> {
             try {
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/packer/roles/bubble/tasks/main.yml b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/packer/roles/bubble/tasks/main.yml
index 9b22654a..2a8235bb 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/resources/packer/roles/bubble/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/resources/packer/roles/bubble/tasks/main.yml
@@ -140,4 +140,3 @@
     owner: bubble
     group: bubble
     mode: 0400
-  when: install_type == 'node'