diff --git a/src/controllers/index.js b/src/controllers/index.js
index 725d1f5..3580e6b 100644
--- a/src/controllers/index.js
+++ b/src/controllers/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
+const index_service = require("../services/indexService");
 const handleError = require("../middleware/errors");
 
-async function helloWorld(req, res) {
+
+async function getVersion(req, res) {
     try {
-        const query_result = "Unknown development version";
-        res.send(query_result);
+        const query_result = await index_service.getVersion();
+        res.json(query_result);
     } catch (error) {
-        handleError(error);
+        handleError(error, res);
     }
 }
 
-module.exports = { helloWorld };
+module.exports = { getVersion };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/models/index.js b/src/models/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5f3bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/models/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const { getVersion } = require("../utils/configManager");
+
+async function getVersion() {
+    
+    const version = await getVersion();
+    const res = {
+        version: version
+    };
+    return res;
+}
+
+module.exports = { getVersion }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/index.js b/src/routes/index.js
index d219546..36880b8 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.js
+++ b/src/routes/index.js
@@ -3,12 +3,8 @@ const controller = require("../controllers/index");
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
-router.get('/', (res, req) => {
-    console.debug("Triggered hello world");
-    controller.helloWorld(res, req);
-});
 
-router.get('/version', (res, req) => {
+router.get('/version', async (res, req) => {
     controller.getVersion(res, req);
 });
 
diff --git a/src/services/indexService.js b/src/services/indexService.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2fc506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/indexService.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const model = require("../models/index");
+
+async function getVersion() {
+    return model.getVersion();
+}
+
+module.exports = { getVersion }