diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 657813908d6f52ec5ca4406aa35a159820c952c4..636927a79ea03bae1360a3021bbfb4d4ece46173 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -151,9 +151,11 @@ set(AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${NAME}_autogen")
 #**********************************************************
 # Create library and exectuable                           *
 #**********************************************************
+get_git_info()
 add_library(petrack_core STATIC)
 add_executable(petrack src/main.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(petrack PRIVATE petrack_core)
+target_link_libraries(petrack PRIVATE petrack_core git-info)
+target_compile_definitions(petrack PUBLIC PETRACK_VERSION="${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 
 target_compile_options(petrack_core PRIVATE ${COMMON_COMPILE_OPTIONS})
 target_compile_definitions(petrack_core PUBLIC STEREO_DISABLED)
@@ -235,7 +237,9 @@ if(BUILD_UNIT_TESTS)
     find_package(Qt5Test REQUIRED)
 
     add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/unit_test)
-    target_link_libraries(petrack_tests PRIVATE petrack_core)
+    target_link_libraries(petrack_tests PRIVATE petrack_core git-info)
+
+    target_compile_definitions(petrack_tests PUBLIC PETRACK_VERSION="${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 
     target_link_libraries(petrack_tests PRIVATE Catch2::Catch2 Qt5::Test trompeloeil)
     target_include_directories(petrack_tests PRIVATE
@@ -258,6 +262,7 @@ target_sources(petrack_core PRIVATE
     include/petrack.h
     include/helper.h
     include/control.h
+    include/compilerInformation.h
     include/stereoWidget.h
     include/colorRangeWidget.h
     include/colorMarkerWidget.h
diff --git a/cmake_modules/helper_functions.cmake b/cmake_modules/helper_functions.cmake
index 70532ff127f6814be6d292fdc49f7d869adcf770..366185fbffd8687c35b366500b33c12a4a8ff38d 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/helper_functions.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/helper_functions.cmake
@@ -15,3 +15,71 @@ function(check_prefix_path)
         endforeach()
     endif()
 endfunction()
+
+
+function(get_git_info)
+    ################################################################################
+    # VCS info
+    ################################################################################
+    find_package(Git QUIET)
+    find_program(GIT_SCM git DOC "Git version control")
+    mark_as_advanced(GIT_SCM)
+    find_file(GITDIR NAMES .git PATHS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+    if (GIT_SCM AND GITDIR)
+        # the commit's SHA1, and whether the building workspace was dirty or not
+        # describe --match=NeVeRmAtCh --always --tags --abbrev=40 --dirty
+        execute_process(COMMAND
+                "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" --no-pager describe --tags --always --dirty
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_SHA1
+                ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+        # branch
+        execute_process(
+                COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_BRANCH
+                OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        )
+
+        # the date of the commit
+        execute_process(COMMAND
+                "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" log -1 --format=%ad --date=local
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_DATE
+                ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+        execute_process(COMMAND
+                "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --tags --abbrev=0
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_TAG
+                ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+        # the subject of the commit
+        execute_process(COMMAND
+                "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" log -1 --format=%s
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_SUBJECT
+                ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+        # remove # from subject
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "[\#\"]+"
+                "" GIT_COMMIT_SUBJECT
+                ${GIT_COMMIT_SUBJECT})
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "Not in a git repo")
+        set(GIT_SHA1 "UNKNOWN")
+        set(GIT_DATE "UNKNOWN")
+        set(GIT_COMMIT_SUBJECT "UNKNOWN")
+        set(GIT_BRANCH "UNKNOWN")
+        set(GIT_TAG "UNKNOWN")
+    endif()
+
+    add_library(git-info INTERFACE)
+    target_compile_definitions(git-info INTERFACE
+            GIT_COMMIT_HASH="${GIT_SHA1}"
+            GIT_COMMIT_DATE="${GIT_DATE}"
+            GIT_TAG="${GIT_TAG}"
+            GIT_COMMIT_SUBJECT="${GIT_COMMIT_SUBJECT}"
+            GIT_BRANCH="${GIT_BRANCH}"
+            )
+
+endfunction()
diff --git a/include/compilerInformation.h b/include/compilerInformation.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d332c5113ecec53a2b6598a5ee1069d182ae336d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/compilerInformation.h
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * PeTrack - Software for tracking pedestrians movement in videos
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,
+ * Maik Boltes, Juliane Adrian, Ricardo Martin Brualla, Arne Graf, Paul Häger, Daniel Hillebrand,
+ * Deniz Kilic, Paul Lieberenz, Daniel Salden, Tobias Schrödter, Ann Katrin Seemann
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef COMPILERINFORMATION_H
+#define COMPILERINFORMATION_H
+
+// Taken from:
+//  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38530981/output-compiler-version-in-a-c-program#38531037
+std::string versionString(int major, int minor, int patch)
+{
+    std::ostringstream ss;
+    ss << major << '.' << minor << '.' << patch;
+    return ss.str();
+}
+
+// Taken from:
+// https://sourceforge.net/p/predef/wiki/Compilers/
+constexpr const char * COMPILER_ID{
+#ifdef __clang__
+    "clang++"
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
+#if defined(__MINGW32__)
+    "g++(MinGW)"
+#else
+    "g++"
+#endif
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+    "Visual Studio"
+#else
+    "Compiler not identified"
+#endif
+};
+
+const std::string COMPILER_VERSION =
+#ifdef __clang__
+    versionString(__clang_major__, __clang_minor__, __clang_patchlevel__);
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
+#if defined(__MINGW32__)
+    versionString(__GNUC__, __GNUC_MINOR__, __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__)
+    + "(" +versionString(__MINGW32__, __MINGW32_MAJOR_VERSION, __MINGW32_MINOR_VERSION) + ")";
+#else
+    versionString(__GNUC__, __GNUC_MINOR__, __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__);
+#endif
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+    versionString(_MSC_VER, _MSC_FULL_VER, _MSC_BUILD);
+#else
+    "";
+#endif
+
+const std::string COMPILE_TIMESTAMP = __TIMESTAMP__;
+
+#endif //COMPILERINFORMATION_H
diff --git a/include/helper.h b/include/helper.h
index 559fb37717e3a612c458d63f8f95a5048d09a053..6fb2fb67a15f2e2a25ca9797aa17763424a21ac5 100644
--- a/include/helper.h
+++ b/include/helper.h
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const QString& t)
     return s;
 }
 
-#define VERSION "0.8"
-#define COMPILE_TIME __TIME__
-#define COMPILE_DATE __DATE__
 
 #ifndef MIN
 #define	MIN(a, b) ((a)<(b)?(a):(b))
@@ -280,4 +277,3 @@ inline clock_t getElapsedTime()
 }
 
 #endif
-
diff --git a/include/petrack.h b/include/petrack.h
index 43b20f5cc627c4d31fa504800e0d3efd3646bbbb..c187c27a63aa6d2db391de4ad5fd7f341a5615c9 100644
--- a/include/petrack.h
+++ b/include/petrack.h
@@ -412,9 +412,9 @@ public:
 
     inline int getImageBorderSize()
     {
-        if (getBorderFilter()->getEnabled()) 
+        if (getBorderFilter()->getEnabled())
             return (int) getBorderFilter()->getBorderSize()->getValue();
-        else 
+        else
             return 0;
         //mImageBorderSize;
     }
@@ -440,6 +440,34 @@ public:
 
     void updateWindowTitle();
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Sets the information about the compiled PeTrack version.
+     * @param petrackVersion current PeTrack version
+     */
+    void setPeTrackVersion(const std::string& petrackVersion);
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Sets the information about the compiled git commit hash, commit date,
+     * and commit branch
+     * @param gitCommitID commit hash of current version
+     * @param gitCommitDate commit date of current version
+     * @param gitCommitBranch commit branch of current version
+     */
+    void setGitInformation(
+                           const std::string& gitCommitID,
+                           const std::string& gitCommitDate,
+                           const std::string& gitCommitBranch);
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Sets the information about the used compiler and time stamp
+     * @param compileTimeStamp time the program was compiled
+     * @param compilerID name of the used compiler
+     * @param compilerVersion version of the used compiler
+     */
+    void setCompileInformation(const std::string &compileTimeStamp,
+                               const std::string &compilerID,
+                               const std::string &compilerVersion);
+
 private:
     void createActions();
     void createMenus();
@@ -591,6 +619,16 @@ private:
     bool mAutoBackTrack;
     bool mAutoTrackOptimizeColor;
     bool mLoading;
+
+
+    QString mPetrackVersion{"Unknown"}; ///< Version of PeTrack used to compile
+    QString mGitCommitID{"Unknown"}; ///< Commit hash used to compile
+    QString mGitCommitDate{"Unknown"}; ///< Commit date used to compile
+    QString mGitCommitBranch{"Unknown"}; ///< Branch used to compile
+
+    QString mCompileDate{"Unknown"}; ///< Compile date
+    QString mCompilerID{"Unknown"}; ///< Used compiler
+    QString mCompilerVersion{"Unknown"}; ///< Used compiler version
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index f6798a5e0672ef9e4e951cf409a363c21f9c38a3..c72ab70d714d9ea111dc48195de9282a164ffbd2 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -22,20 +22,19 @@
 #include <QtWidgets>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QStyleFactory>
+#include <csignal>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
 
 #include "petrack.h"
 #include "helper.h"
 #include "tracker.h"
-
-using namespace std;
+#include "IO.h"
+#include "compilerInformation.h"
 
 // Aufrufbeispiel:
 // release/petrack.exe -sequence ../../einzelbilder/wert0001.png -autoSave dir|ttt.avi
 
-#include <stdio.h>  /* defines FILENAME_MAX */
-
-#include "signal.h"
-#include "IO.h"
 
 // musst be done to store fixed order of attributes in XML files
 // see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27378143/qt-5-produce-random-attribute-order-in-xml
@@ -51,25 +50,6 @@ void quit(int sig_number)
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 
-//#if CV_MAJOR_VERSION == 2
-//// do opencv 2 code
-//debout << "OpenCV 2 is used..." << endl;
-//#elif CV_MAJOR_VERSION == 3
-//// do opencv 3 code
-//debout << "OpenCV 3 is used..." << endl;
-//#endif
-
-//    char cCurrentPath[FILENAME_MAX];
-//    if (!GetCurrentDir(cCurrentPath, sizeof(cCurrentPath)))
-//    {
-//        debout << "Error: could not detect working directory!" <<endl;
-//        return 1;
-//    }
-//    cCurrentPath[sizeof(cCurrentPath) - 1] = '\0'; /* not really required */
-//    printf ("The current working directory is +%s+", cCurrentPath);
-
-
-
     Q_INIT_RESOURCE(icons);
 
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
@@ -82,9 +62,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     gApp = &app;
     signal(SIGINT, quit); // used to catch ctrl-C and get rid of error "QObject::killTimers: timers cannot be stopped from another thread"
 
-    //app.addLibraryPath(cCurrentPath); // "./" for file platforms/qwindows.dll, which now could be stored to main prog folder // only for plugin files
-    //app.setStyle(new QCleanlooksStyle);// QMacStyle, QPlastiqueStyle, QCleanlooksStyle; kann dann nicht mehr mit "-style motif windows oder platinum" beim aufruf gesetzt werden
     app.setStyle(QStyleFactory::create("Fusion")); // added for Qt5
+
     // command line arguments ;leerzeichen zwischen option und argument wird benoetigt
     //   -project *.ptr:   um projekt zu laden
     //   -sequence *.png:  um animation zu laden (ueberschreibt projekt)
@@ -113,7 +92,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         {
             QTextDocument doc;
             doc.setHtml(commandLineOptionsString);
-            debout << endl << doc.toPlainText() <<endl;
+            debout << std::endl << doc.toPlainText() << std::endl;
             //debout << commandLineOptionsString <<endl;
             QMessageBox::about(NULL, QObject::tr("Command line options"), commandLineOptionsString);
             //cout << "Help:\n-----" << endl
@@ -172,14 +151,24 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         {
             // hier koennte je nach dateiendung *pet oder *avi oder *png angenommern werden
             // aber ueberpruefen, ob variable project oder sequence schon besetzt!!!
-            cout << "Option ignored (use -? for help): " << arg.at(i) << endl;
+            std::cout << "Option ignored (use -? for help): " << arg.at(i) << std::endl;
         }
     }
 
+    std::cout << "Starting PeTrack" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Version: " << PETRACK_VERSION << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Commit id: " << GIT_COMMIT_HASH << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Commit date: " << GIT_COMMIT_DATE << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Build from branch: " << GIT_BRANCH << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Compile date: " << COMPILE_TIMESTAMP << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Build with: " << COMPILER_ID << " (" << COMPILER_VERSION << ")" << std::endl;
+
     Petrack petrack;
-    petrack.show(); // damit bei reiner Hilfe nicht angezeigt wird, erst hier der aufruf
+    petrack.setPeTrackVersion(PETRACK_VERSION);
+    petrack.setGitInformation(GIT_COMMIT_HASH, GIT_COMMIT_DATE, GIT_BRANCH);
+    petrack.setCompileInformation(COMPILE_TIMESTAMP, COMPILER_ID, COMPILER_VERSION);
 
-    debout << "Starting PeTrack Version " << VERSION << " (Build " << COMPILE_DATE << " " << COMPILE_TIME << ", " << argv[0] << ")" <<endl;
+    petrack.show(); // damit bei reiner Hilfe nicht angezeigt wird, erst hier der aufruf
 
     // erst nachher ausfuehren, damit reihenfolge der command line argumente keine rolle spielt
     if (!project.isEmpty())
@@ -197,7 +186,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             petrack.exportTracker(autoSaveDest); // projekt wird geladen und nur Trajektoprien herausgeschrieben (zB wenn sich .pet (altitude) oder .trc aendert (delrec))
         else
             petrack.saveSequence(true, false, autoSaveDest); // true spielt keine rolle, sondern wird durch dateiendung bestimmt
-        return 0;  // 0 means exit success// Programm beenden nach speichern! // 1?
+        return EXIT_SUCCESS;  // 0 means exit success// Programm beenden nach speichern! // 1?
     }
     // hat tracker_file bestimmte Dateiendung txt oder trc, dann wird nur genau diese exportiert, sonst beide
     if (autoTrack)
@@ -294,7 +283,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     if (autoSave && (autoSaveDest.right(4) == ".pet"))
     {
         petrack.saveProject(autoSaveDest);
-        return 0;
+        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
     }
 
     return app.exec();
diff --git a/src/petrack.cpp b/src/petrack.cpp
index d877005c7ef8c397ab93918765627f229b323912..fe7d8dc474bc5fe6722a5366bf71281870eae086 100644
--- a/src/petrack.cpp
+++ b/src/petrack.cpp
@@ -646,12 +646,14 @@ void Petrack::openProject(QString fileName, bool openSeq) // default fileName=""
 
         QDomElement root = doc.firstChildElement("PETRACK");
         if (root.hasAttribute("VERSION"))
-            if (root.attribute("VERSION") != VERSION)
+        {
+            if (root.attribute("VERSION") != mPetrackVersion)
             {
-                PWarning(this, tr("PeTrack"), tr("Reading %1:\nDifferent version numbers %2 (application) and %3 (file) may cause problems.").arg(fileName, VERSION, root.attribute("VERSION")));
+                PWarning(this, tr("PeTrack"), tr("Reading %1:\nDifferent version numbers %2 (application) and %3 (file) may cause problems.").arg(fileName, mPetrackVersion, root.attribute("VERSION")));
                 //tr("Cannot read content from %1\nbecause of different version numbers\n%2 (application) and %3 (file).").arg(fileName).arg(VERSION).arg(root.attribute("VERSION")));
                 //return;
             }
+        }
         openXml(doc, openSeq);
         updateWindowTitle();
     }
@@ -662,7 +664,7 @@ void Petrack::saveXml(QDomDocument &doc)
     QDomElement elem;
 
     QDomElement root = doc.createElement("PETRACK");
-    root.setAttribute("VERSION", VERSION);
+    root.setAttribute("VERSION", mPetrackVersion);
     doc.appendChild(root);
 
     // main settings (window size, status hight)
@@ -921,10 +923,10 @@ void Petrack::updateWindowTitle()
     QSize size = mAnimation->getSize();
 
     if (QFileInfo(mProFileName).isDir())
-        title = tr("PeTrack (v") + VERSION + tr("): ");
+        title = tr("PeTrack (v") + mPetrackVersion + tr("): ");
     else
     {
-        title = tr("PeTrack (v") + VERSION + tr("): ") + QFileInfo(mProFileName).fileName();
+        title = tr("PeTrack (v") + mPetrackVersion + tr("): ") + QFileInfo(mProFileName).fileName();
         if (mAnimation->isVideo() || mAnimation->isImageSequence())
             title +=  "; ";
     }
@@ -1448,13 +1450,19 @@ void Petrack::resetSettings()
 
 void Petrack::about()
 {
+    QString message =
+        "<p><b>PeTrack</b> - Pedestrian tracking<br>"
+        "Version: " + mPetrackVersion + "<br>"
+        "Commit hash: " + mGitCommitID + "<br>"
+        "Commit date: " + mGitCommitDate + "<br>"
+        "Commit branch: " + mGitCommitBranch + "<br>"
+        "Compiler: " + mCompilerID + " (" + mCompilerVersion + ")<br>"
+        "Compile date: " + mCompileDate + "</p>"
+        "&copy; Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH</p>";
+
     //People/Pedestrian/Person tracking
     QMessageBox::about(this, tr("About PeTrack"),
-                       tr("<p><b>PeTrack</b> - Pedestrian tracking<br>" //&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-                          "Version " VERSION "<br>"
-                          "(Build " COMPILE_DATE " " COMPILE_TIME ")</p>"
-                          "<p>by Maik Boltes, Daniel Salden<br>"
-                          "&copy; Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH</p>"));
+                       message);
     //©  &copy; &#169; (c)
     // folgender befehl wird erst nach About-Fenster ausgefuehrt und ersetzt Icon im Hauptfenster
     //QApplication::activeWindow()->setWindowIcon(QIcon(":/icon"));
@@ -4205,4 +4213,27 @@ void Petrack::skipToFrameWheel(int delta)
     mPlayerWidget->skipToFrame(mPlayerWidget->getPos()+delta);
 }
 
+void Petrack::setPeTrackVersion(const std::string& petrackVersion)
+{
+    mPetrackVersion = QString::fromStdString(petrackVersion);
+}
+
+void Petrack::setGitInformation(
+    const std::string& gitCommitID,
+    const std::string& gitCommitDate,
+    const std::string& gitCommitBranch)
+{
+    mGitCommitID= QString::fromStdString(gitCommitID);
+    mGitCommitDate = QString::fromStdString(gitCommitDate);
+    mGitCommitBranch = QString::fromStdString(gitCommitBranch);
+}
+
+void Petrack::setCompileInformation(const std::string &compileTimeStamp, const std::string &compilerID,
+                                    const std::string &compilerVersion)
+{
+    mCompileDate = QString::fromStdString(compileTimeStamp);
+    mCompilerID = QString::fromStdString(compilerID);
+    mCompilerVersion = QString::fromStdString(compilerVersion);
+}
+
 #include "moc_petrack.cpp"
diff --git a/tests/regression_test/data/codeMarker.pet b/tests/regression_test/data/codeMarker.pet
index 80472abc118ac7ec477d2fd7df04998486ae2941..e8a2cd8edad292b1df8bfe754612b415c7286826 100644
--- a/tests/regression_test/data/codeMarker.pet
+++ b/tests/regression_test/data/codeMarker.pet
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" ?>
 <!DOCTYPE PETRACK>
-<PETRACK VERSION="0.8">
+<PETRACK VERSION="0.8.14">
     <MAIN SRC="P:/ped/regressiontest_petrack/acceptedTruth/input/CodeMarkerTests.mp4;codeMarker.mp4" STATUS_HEIGHT="0"/>
     <CONTROL TAB="2">
         <CALIBRATION>
diff --git a/tests/regression_test/data/codeMarker_test.trc b/tests/regression_test/data/codeMarker_test.trc
deleted file mode 100644
index d6d74329dff1d655b123aa0a657a054af36e51b9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tests/regression_test/data/codeMarker_test.trc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-version 3
-0
diff --git a/tests/regression_test/data/codeMarker_test.txt b/tests/regression_test/data/codeMarker_test.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 41f52b010545a3f8d36b9f18dd55ff2259a6e817..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tests/regression_test/data/codeMarker_test.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# PeTrack project: codeMarker.pet
-# raw trajectory file: codeMarker_test.trc
-# framerate: 25 fps
-# z: can be 3d position or height of person (alternating or not)
-# id frame x/cm y/cm z/cm
diff --git a/tests/regression_test/data/markerCasern.pet b/tests/regression_test/data/markerCasern.pet
index 0efc60c64da3e1552d95d0663cd8a5c0bd71aa6d..0b6c434544cb95f805a1371b12275cf1adf93f6a 100644
--- a/tests/regression_test/data/markerCasern.pet
+++ b/tests/regression_test/data/markerCasern.pet
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" ?>
 <!DOCTYPE PETRACK>
-<PETRACK VERSION="0.8">
+<PETRACK VERSION="0.8.14">
     <MAIN SRC="P:/ped/regressiontest_petrack/acceptedTruth/input\markerCasern.avi;markerCasern.avi" STATUS_HEIGHT="180"/>
     <CONTROL TAB="0">
         <CALIBRATION>
diff --git a/tests/regression_test/data/markerJapan.pet b/tests/regression_test/data/markerJapan.pet
index 2692826d5f5630fbc9fd2bde2d41c952325ca7ec..91c80caea6c41d10ece9529f6167239c0e224f16 100644
--- a/tests/regression_test/data/markerJapan.pet
+++ b/tests/regression_test/data/markerJapan.pet
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" ?>
 <!DOCTYPE PETRACK>
-<PETRACK VERSION="0.8">
+<PETRACK VERSION="0.8.14">
     <MAIN SRC="markerJapan/000100000.jpg;P:/ped/regressiontest_petrack/acceptedTruth/input/markerJapan/000100000.jpg" STATUS_HEIGHT="0"/>
     <CONTROL TAB="0">
         <CALIBRATION>
diff --git a/tests/regression_test/data/multiColorMarkerWithAruco.pet b/tests/regression_test/data/multiColorMarkerWithAruco.pet
index 0bcad8b25620e39c79f16660f960210d43845137..36977cc44ea560c3ff3ee9c2997450922a89afc4 100644
--- a/tests/regression_test/data/multiColorMarkerWithAruco.pet
+++ b/tests/regression_test/data/multiColorMarkerWithAruco.pet
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE PETRACK>
-<PETRACK VERSION="0.8">
+<PETRACK VERSION="0.8.14">
     <MAIN SRC="./multiColorMarkerWithAruco.mp4" STATUS_HEIGHT="0"/>
     <CONTROL TAB="1">
         <CALIBRATION>
diff --git a/tests/regression_test/data/multiColorMarkerWithAruco_dictMip36h12.pet b/tests/regression_test/data/multiColorMarkerWithAruco_dictMip36h12.pet
index b45ddcb709183948faeca06cc6332a0d9c2194d4..c2effeba4394786417e9062c7d2db64444013141 100644
--- a/tests/regression_test/data/multiColorMarkerWithAruco_dictMip36h12.pet
+++ b/tests/regression_test/data/multiColorMarkerWithAruco_dictMip36h12.pet
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE PETRACK>
-<PETRACK VERSION="0.8">
+<PETRACK VERSION="0.8.14">
     <MAIN SRC="C:/temp/petrack/tests/regression_test/data/multiColorMarkerWithAruco_dictMip36h12.mp4;multiColorMarkerWithAruco_dictMip36h12.mp4" STATUS_HEIGHT="0"/>
     <CONTROL TAB="1">
         <CALIBRATION>
diff --git a/tests/regression_test/data/multicolor.pet b/tests/regression_test/data/multicolor.pet
index 5c4ed65089d353cccd3f9df7962c34fb31008937..57a186fa8e06605324f5ff7c82799eae20bd4df2 100644
--- a/tests/regression_test/data/multicolor.pet
+++ b/tests/regression_test/data/multicolor.pet
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE PETRACK>
-<PETRACK VERSION="0.8">
+<PETRACK VERSION="0.8.14">
     <MAIN SRC="C:/Users/Deniz/Documents/petrack/tests/regression_test/data/multicolor.mp4;multicolor.mp4" STATUS_HEIGHT="0"/>
     <CONTROL TAB="2">
         <CALIBRATION>