diff --git a/src/write_version_data.py b/src/write_version_data.py
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+#! /usr/bin/env python# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
+""" Write version info (taken from the last commit) to application.py. This method has been implemented this way for running updates.
+This file is not intended to be called by the user. It will be used only by the Gitlab CI runner."""
+import requests
+from codecs import open
+
+print("Writing version data for update...")
+commit_info = requests.get("https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/23482196/repository/commits/next-gen")
+commit_info = commit_info.json()
+commit = commit_info["short_id"]
+print("Got new version info: {commit}".format(commit=commit,))
+file = open("application.py", "r", encoding="utf-8")
+lines = file.readlines()
+lines[-1] = 'version = "{}"'.format(commit_info["created_at"][:10].replace("-", "."))
+file.close()
+file2 = open("application.py", "w", encoding="utf-8")
+file2.writelines(lines)
+file2.close()
+print("Wrote application.py with the new version info.")
+
+print("Updating next version on installer setup...")
+file = open("..\\scripts\\twblue.nsi", "r", encoding="utf-8")
+contents = file.read()
+contents = contents.replace("0.95", commit_info["created_at"][:10].replace("-", "."))
+file.close()
+file2 = open("..\\scripts\\twblue.nsi", "w", encoding="utf-8")
+file2.write(contents)
+file2.close()
+print("done")