diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9caf331..d194678 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ ENV INSTANCE_NAME=searxng \
 RUN mv /app/code/searx/settings.yml /app/code/searx/settings.yml.orig && \
     ln -sf /app/data/settings.yml /app/code/searx/settings.yml
 
+RUN echo "VERSION_STRING=\"m${VERSION}\";VERSION_TAG=\"m${VERSION}\";GIT_URL=\"https://git.caric.io/mirrors/searxng\";GIT_BRANCH=\"m${VERSION}\"" \
+    > /app/code/searx/version_frozen.py
+
 RUN chown -R www-data.www-data /app/code
 
 # Fix python UnicodeDecodeError