diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85759c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "name": "lebd",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "description": "the codebase backing 00dani.me, an indieweb.org site",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://gitlab.com/00dani/lebd"
+  },
+  "author": "Danielle McLean <dani@00dani.me>",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://gitlab.com/00dani/lebd/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://gitlab.com/00dani/lebd#README"
+}
diff --git a/src/Foundation.hs b/src/Foundation.hs
index ac5ac45..e441d28 100644
--- a/src/Foundation.hs
+++ b/src/Foundation.hs
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ import Yesod.Default.Util   (addStaticContentExternal)
 import Yesod.Core.Types     (Logger)
 import qualified Yesod.Core.Unsafe as Unsafe
 
-import Development.GitRev (gitBranch)
-
-appVersion :: Text
-appVersion = $(gitBranch)
+import Package
 
 -- | The foundation datatype for your application. This can be a good place to
 -- keep settings and values requiring initialization before your application
diff --git a/src/Package.hs b/src/Package.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7276272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Package.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+
+module Package ( Package(..)
+               , Repository(..)
+               , package
+               ) where
+
+import Data.Aeson ( eitherDecodeStrict )
+import Data.Either ( either )
+import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax ( addDependentFile, lift, runIO )
+import Package.Types
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString as B
+
+package :: Package
+package = $(do
+    let f = "package.json"
+    addDependentFile f
+    json <- runIO $ B.readFile f
+    let result = eitherDecodeStrict json :: Either String Package
+    either fail lift result)
diff --git a/src/Package/Types.hs b/src/Package/Types.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55fa5d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Package/Types.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveLift #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+
+module Package.Types where
+
+import Data.Aeson
+import Data.Aeson.Types ( fieldLabelModifier )
+import Data.Aeson.TH ( deriveJSON )
+
+import Data.Char ( toLower )
+import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax ( Lift )
+import Util ( mapFirst )
+
+data Package = Package
+    { packageName :: !String
+    , packageVersion :: !String
+    , packageRepository :: !Repository
+    } deriving (Show, Lift)
+
+data Repository = Repository
+    { repositoryType :: !String
+    , repositoryUrl :: !String
+    } deriving (Show, Lift)
+
+$(deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = mapFirst toLower . drop 7 } ''Package)
+$(deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = mapFirst toLower . drop 10 } ''Repository)
diff --git a/src/Settings.hs b/src/Settings.hs
index c127a64..e1ea0d1 100644
--- a/src/Settings.hs
+++ b/src/Settings.hs
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ data AppSettings = AppSettings
     -- ^ Google Analytics code
     , appTitle                  :: Maybe Text
     -- ^ Site-wide title.
-    , appName                   :: Text
-    -- ^ Name of application used to generate site.
-    , appRepository             :: Text
-    -- ^ URL of repository for application source.
 
     , appAuthDummyLogin         :: Bool
     -- ^ Indicate if auth dummy login should be enabled.
@@ -98,8 +94,6 @@ instance FromJSON AppSettings where
 
         appAnalytics              <- o .:? "analytics"
         appTitle                  <- o .:? "title"
-        appName                   <- o .: "app-name"
-        appRepository             <- o .: "repository"
 
         -- This code enables MySQL's strict mode, without which MySQL will truncate data.
         -- See https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/wiki/Database-Configuration#strict-mode for details
diff --git a/src/Util.hs b/src/Util.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bffa975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Util.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module Util where
+
+mapFirst :: (a -> a) -> [a] -> [a]
+mapFirst f (x:xs) = f x : xs
+mapFirst _ [] = []
diff --git a/templates/default-layout-wrapper.hamlet b/templates/default-layout-wrapper.hamlet
index 96a0d0a..a1adfb3 100644
--- a/templates/default-layout-wrapper.hamlet
+++ b/templates/default-layout-wrapper.hamlet
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $doctype 5
     <title>#{pageTitle pc}
     <meta name="description" content="">
     <meta name="author" content="">
-    <meta name="generator" content="#{appName $ appSettings master} #{appVersion}">
+    <meta name="generator" content="#{packageName package} #{packageVersion package}">
     $maybe route <- mcurrentRoute
       <link rel="canonical" href=@{route}>
 
diff --git a/templates/default-layout.hamlet b/templates/default-layout.hamlet
index a3845b3..4d9da5d 100644
--- a/templates/default-layout.hamlet
+++ b/templates/default-layout.hamlet
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
 
 <footer>
     <p>
-        all content licensed under
+        all content licensed under #
         <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">cc by-sa 4.0
-    <p>
-        powered by
-        <a href="#{appRepository $ appSettings master}/tree/#{appVersion}">#{appName $ appSettings master} #{appVersion}
+    $with Package { packageName = n, packageVersion = v, packageRepository = r } <- package
+        <p>
+            powered by #
+            <a href="#{repositoryUrl r}/tree/#{v}">#{n} #{v}