diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6d86bf4..516fb69 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 FROM python:3-slim
 ENV DOCKERIZED=true
+ARG BOT_VERSION
+# set at build time
+ENV BOT_VERSION=$BOT_VERSION
 
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN pip install pipenv
diff --git a/bot/commands/status.py b/bot/commands/status.py
index 67dfaa6..5ff08d3 100644
--- a/bot/commands/status.py
+++ b/bot/commands/status.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class StatusHandler(BaseHandler):
         reply_markup = InlineKeyboardMarkup(keyboard)
 
         delta = str(datetime.datetime.now() - self.start_time)
-        message = "BeebBop, this is Norbit...\n"
+        message = "BeebBop, this is Norbit\n"
 
         try:
             ip = httpx.get('https://api.ipify.org').text