diff --git a/archivebox/core/views.py b/archivebox/core/views.py
index 7cd8b104..d613b94b 100644
--- a/archivebox/core/views.py
+++ b/archivebox/core/views.py
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ from ..config import (
     OUTPUT_DIR,
     PUBLIC_INDEX,
     PUBLIC_SNAPSHOTS,
-    PUBLIC_ADD_VIEW
+    PUBLIC_ADD_VIEW,
+    VERSION,
+    FOOTER_INFO,
 )
 from main import add
 from ..util import base_url, ansi_to_html
@@ -93,6 +95,13 @@ class PublicArchiveView(ListView):
     model = Snapshot
     paginate_by = 100
 
+    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
+        return {
+            **super().get_context_data(**kwargs),
+            'VERSION': VERSION,
+            'FOOTER_INFO': FOOTER_INFO,
+        }
+
     def get_queryset(self, **kwargs): 
         qs = super().get_queryset(**kwargs) 
         query = self.request.GET.get('q')
diff --git a/archivebox/themes/default/base.html b/archivebox/themes/default/base.html
index 84be962f..a70430ea 100644
--- a/archivebox/themes/default/base.html
+++ b/archivebox/themes/default/base.html
@@ -271,10 +271,9 @@
             <br />
             <center>
                 <small>
-                    Archive created using <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox" title="Github">ArchiveBox</a> &nbsp; |
-                    &nbsp;
-                    Download index as <a href="index.json" title="JSON summary of archived links.">JSON</a>
-                    <br /><br />
+                    Archive created using <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox" title="Github">ArchiveBox</a> version
+                    <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/releases" title="Releases">v{{VERSION}}</a>.
+                    <br/><br/>
                     {{FOOTER_INFO}}
                 </small>
             </center>
diff --git a/archivebox/themes/legacy/main_index.html b/archivebox/themes/legacy/main_index.html
index 0d8c9e6f..74e7bf65 100644
--- a/archivebox/themes/legacy/main_index.html
+++ b/archivebox/themes/legacy/main_index.html
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
             <center>
                 <small>
                     Created using <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox" title="Github">ArchiveBox</a>
-                    version <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/tree/v$version" title="Git commit">v$version</a>.
+                    version <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/releases" title="Releases">v$version</a>.
                     <br/><br/>
                     $footer_info
                 </small>