diff --git a/install-gui.sh b/install-gui.sh
index ab7824361907..b966061e91e3 100755
--- a/install-gui.sh
+++ b/install-gui.sh
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ if [ ! "$CI" ]; then
 	npm install
 	npm audit fix || true
 	npm run build
+	python ../installhelper.py
 else
 	echo "Skipping node.js in install.sh on MacOS ci."
 fi
diff --git a/installhelper.py b/installhelper.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fde5501779db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installhelper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#
+# Install helper code to manage inserting the correct version for the GUI
+# Gets the version from the result of "chia version"
+# Converts to proper symver format so NPM doesn't complain
+# Adds the version info to the package.json file
+#
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+from pkg_resources import parse_version
+
+
+#
+# The following function is borrowed from
+# https://github.com/inveniosoftware/invenio-assets/blob/maint-1.0/invenio_assets/npm.py
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2018 CERN.
+#
+def make_semver(version_str):
+    v = parse_version(version_str)
+    major = v._version.release[0]
+    try:
+        minor = v._version.release[1]
+    except IndexError:
+        minor = 0
+    try:
+        patch = v._version.release[2]
+    except IndexError:
+        patch = 0
+
+    prerelease = []
+    if v._version.pre:
+        prerelease.append("".join(str(x) for x in v._version.pre))
+    if v._version.dev:
+        prerelease.append("".join(str(x) for x in v._version.dev))
+    prerelease = ".".join(prerelease)
+
+    local = v.local
+
+    version = "{0}.{1}.{2}".format(major, minor, patch)
+
+    if prerelease:
+        version += "-{0}".format(prerelease)
+    if local:
+        version += "+{0}".format(local)
+
+    return version
+
+
+def update_version():
+    with open(f"{os.path.dirname(__file__)}/chia-blockchain-gui/package.json") as f:
+        data = json.load(f)
+
+    version: str = "0.0"
+    output = subprocess.run(["chia", "version"], capture_output=True)
+    if output.returncode == 0:
+        version = str(output.stdout.strip(), "utf-8")
+
+    data["version"] = make_semver(version)
+
+    with open(f"{os.path.dirname(__file__)}/chia-blockchain-gui/package.json", "w") as w:
+        json.dump(data, indent=4, fp=w)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    update_version()