diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedApplication.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedApplication.java
index 8c5c8006..6f05ef76 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedApplication.java
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ import com.commafeed.backend.model.UserRole;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.UserSettings;
 import com.commafeed.backend.opml.OPMLExporter;
 import com.commafeed.backend.opml.OPMLImporter;
-import com.commafeed.backend.service.ApplicationPropertiesService;
 import com.commafeed.backend.service.DatabaseCleaningService;
 import com.commafeed.backend.service.FeedEntryContentService;
 import com.commafeed.backend.service.FeedEntryService;
@@ -155,7 +154,6 @@ public class CommaFeedApplication extends Application<CommaFeedConfiguration> {
 		FeedQueues queues = new FeedQueues(feedDAO, config, metrics);
 
 		// Services
-		ApplicationPropertiesService applicationPropertiesService = new ApplicationPropertiesService();
 		DatabaseCleaningService cleaningService = new DatabaseCleaningService(sessionFactory, feedDAO, feedEntryDAO, feedEntryContentDAO,
 				feedEntryStatusDAO);
 		FeedEntryContentService feedEntryContentService = new FeedEntryContentService(feedEntryContentDAO);
@@ -175,7 +173,7 @@ public class CommaFeedApplication extends Application<CommaFeedConfiguration> {
 		OPMLExporter opmlExporter = new OPMLExporter(feedCategoryDAO, feedSubscriptionDAO);
 
 		// Feed fetching/parsing
-		HttpGetter httpGetter = new HttpGetter(applicationPropertiesService);
+		HttpGetter httpGetter = new HttpGetter(config);
 		FeedParser feedParser = new FeedParser();
 		FaviconFetcher faviconFetcher = new FaviconFetcher(httpGetter);
 		FeedFetcher feedFetcher = new FeedFetcher(feedParser, httpGetter);
@@ -215,7 +213,7 @@ public class CommaFeedApplication extends Application<CommaFeedConfiguration> {
 				new FeedREST(feedSubscriptionDAO, feedCategoryDAO, feedEntryStatusDAO, faviconFetcher, feedFetcher, feedEntryService,
 						feedSubscriptionService, queues, opmlImporter, opmlExporter, cacheService, config));
 		environment.jersey().register(new PubSubHubbubCallbackREST(feedDAO, feedParser, queues, config, metrics));
-		environment.jersey().register(new ServerREST(httpGetter, config, applicationPropertiesService));
+		environment.jersey().register(new ServerREST(httpGetter, config));
 		environment.jersey().register(
 				new UserREST(userDAO, userRoleDAO, userSettingsDAO, userService, encryptionService, mailService, config));
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java
index bdbd6acc..9c5175a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import io.dropwizard.Configuration;
 import io.dropwizard.db.DataSourceFactory;
 
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 
 import javax.validation.Valid;
 import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
@@ -23,6 +24,12 @@ public class CommaFeedConfiguration extends Configuration {
 		NOOP, REDIS
 	}
 
+	private ResourceBundle bundle;
+
+	public CommaFeedConfiguration() {
+		bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("application");
+	}
+
 	@Valid
 	@NotNull
 	@JsonProperty("database")
@@ -33,6 +40,14 @@ public class CommaFeedConfiguration extends Configuration {
 	@JsonProperty("app")
 	private ApplicationSettings applicationSettings;
 
+	public String getVersion() {
+		return bundle.getString("version");
+	}
+
+	public String getGitCommit() {
+		return bundle.getString("git.commit");
+	}
+
 	@Getter
 	public static class ApplicationSettings {
 		@JsonProperty
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
index 83466c13..43be6157 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
 import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
 import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
 
-import com.commafeed.backend.service.ApplicationPropertiesService;
+import com.commafeed.CommaFeedConfiguration;
 
 /**
  * Smart HTTP getter: handles gzip, ssl, last modified and etag headers
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ public class HttpGetter {
 
 	private final String userAgent;
 
-	public HttpGetter(ApplicationPropertiesService applicationPropertiesService) {
-		this.userAgent = String.format("CommaFeed/%s (https://www.commafeed.com)", applicationPropertiesService.getVersion());
+	public HttpGetter(CommaFeedConfiguration config) {
+		this.userAgent = String.format("CommaFeed/%s (https://www.commafeed.com)", config.getVersion());
 	}
 
 	public HttpResult getBinary(String url, int timeout) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException, NotModifiedException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/ApplicationPropertiesService.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/ApplicationPropertiesService.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fdcfc6c9..00000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/ApplicationPropertiesService.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package com.commafeed.backend.service;
-
-import java.util.ResourceBundle;
-
-public class ApplicationPropertiesService {
-
-	private ResourceBundle bundle;
-
-	public ApplicationPropertiesService() {
-		bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("application");
-	}
-
-	public String getVersion() {
-		return bundle.getString("version");
-	}
-
-	public String getGitCommit() {
-		return bundle.getString("git.commit");
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/ServerREST.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/ServerREST.java
index ce171124..537d9b9f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/ServerREST.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/ServerREST.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import com.commafeed.backend.HttpGetter;
 import com.commafeed.backend.HttpGetter.HttpResult;
 import com.commafeed.backend.feed.FeedUtils;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.User;
-import com.commafeed.backend.service.ApplicationPropertiesService;
 import com.commafeed.frontend.auth.SecurityCheck;
 import com.commafeed.frontend.model.ServerInfo;
 import com.wordnik.swagger.annotations.Api;
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ public class ServerREST {
 
 	private final HttpGetter httpGetter;
 	private final CommaFeedConfiguration config;
-	private final ApplicationPropertiesService applicationPropertiesService;
 
 	@Path("/get")
 	@GET
@@ -44,8 +42,8 @@ public class ServerREST {
 	public Response get() {
 		ServerInfo infos = new ServerInfo();
 		infos.setAnnouncement(config.getApplicationSettings().getAnnouncement());
-		infos.setVersion(applicationPropertiesService.getVersion());
-		infos.setGitCommit(applicationPropertiesService.getGitCommit());
+		infos.setVersion(config.getVersion());
+		infos.setGitCommit(config.getGitCommit());
 		infos.setAllowRegistrations(config.getApplicationSettings().isAllowRegistrations());
 		infos.setGoogleAnalyticsCode(config.getApplicationSettings().getGoogleAnalyticsTrackingCode());
 		infos.setSmtpEnabled(StringUtils.isNotBlank(config.getApplicationSettings().getSmtpHost()));