diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2db54ca..4e78c15 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 VERSION?=v0.2.0
 IMG?=fintechstudios/ververica-platform-k8s-controller
 PKG=github.com/fintechstudios.com/ververica-platform-k8s-controller
-VERSION_PKG=$(PKG)/controllers/version/version
+VERSION_PKG=main
 BUILD=$(shell date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
 # Produce CRDs that work back to Kubernetes 1.11 (no version conversion)
 CRD_OPTIONS?="crd:trivialVersions=true"
 
-LD_FLAGS="-X $(VERSION_PKG).controllerVersion=$(VERSION) -X $(VERSION_PKG).gitCommit=$(GIT_COMMIT) -X $(VERSION_PKG).buildDate=$(BUILD)"
+LD_FLAGS="-X $(VERSION_PKG).controllerVersion='$(VERSION)' -X $(VERSION_PKG).gitCommit='$(GIT_COMMIT)' -X $(VERSION_PKG).buildDate='$(BUILD)'"
 
 TEST_CLUSTER_NAME=ververica-platform-k8s-controller-cluster
 
diff --git a/controllers/version/version.go b/controllers/version/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8965eea..0000000
--- a/controllers/version/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-// Modified version of the github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder version package
-
-package version
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"runtime"
-)
-
-var (
-	controllerVersion = "unknown"
-	goos              = runtime.GOOS
-	goarch            = runtime.GOARCH
-	gitCommit         = "$Format:%H$"          // sha1 from git, output of $(git rev-parse HEAD)
-	buildDate         = "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z" // build date in ISO8601 format, output of $(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
-)
-
-// Version is a simple representation of the current application and runtime version
-type Version struct {
-	ControllerVersion string `json:"controllerVersion"`
-	GitCommit         string `json:"gitCommit"`
-	BuildDate         string `json:"buildDate"`
-	GoVersion         string `json:"goVersion"`
-	GoOs              string `json:"goOs"`
-	GoArch            string `json:"goArch"`
-}
-
-// GetVersion constructs the current version
-func GetVersion() Version {
-	return Version{
-		ControllerVersion: controllerVersion,
-		GitCommit:         gitCommit,
-		BuildDate:         buildDate,
-		GoVersion:         runtime.Version(),
-		GoOs:              goos,
-		GoArch:            goarch,
-	}
-}
-
-// String gets a simple string representation of the version
-func (v Version) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%#v", v)
-}
diff --git a/controllers/version/version_test.go b/controllers/version/version_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3db2fc9..0000000
--- a/controllers/version/version_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package version
-
-import (
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-)
-
-var _ = Describe("Version", func() {
-	Describe("GetVersion", func() {
-		It("should create a version object", func() {
-			version := GetVersion()
-			Expect(len(version.BuildDate)).ToNot(BeZero())
-		})
-	})
-
-	Describe("String", func() {
-		var version Version
-		BeforeEach(func() {
-			version = GetVersion()
-		})
-
-		It("should create a version string", func() {
-			Expect(len(version.String())).ToNot(BeZero())
-		})
-	})
-})
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3069522..5c7d91d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,15 +17,16 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	ververicaplatformv1beta1 "github.com/fintechstudios/ververica-platform-k8s-controller/api/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/fintechstudios/ververica-platform-k8s-controller/controllers"
-	"github.com/fintechstudios/ververica-platform-k8s-controller/controllers/version"
 	vpAPI "github.com/fintechstudios/ververica-platform-k8s-controller/ververica-platform-api"
 	_ "github.com/joho/godotenv/autoload"
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	k8sRuntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
@@ -33,7 +34,42 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	scheme   = runtime.NewScheme()
+	controllerVersion = "unknown"
+	goos              = runtime.GOOS
+	goarch            = runtime.GOARCH
+	gitCommit         = "$Format:%H$"          // sha1 from git, output of $(git rev-parse HEAD)
+	buildDate         = "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z" // build date in ISO8601 format, output of $(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
+)
+
+// Version is a simple representation of the current application and runtime version
+type Version struct {
+	ControllerVersion string `json:"controllerVersion"`
+	GitCommit         string `json:"gitCommit"`
+	BuildDate         string `json:"buildDate"`
+	GoVersion         string `json:"goVersion"`
+	GoOs              string `json:"goOs"`
+	GoArch            string `json:"goArch"`
+}
+
+// GetVersion constructs the current version
+func GetVersion() Version {
+	return Version{
+		ControllerVersion: controllerVersion,
+		GitCommit:         gitCommit,
+		BuildDate:         buildDate,
+		GoVersion:         runtime.Version(),
+		GoOs:              goos,
+		GoArch:            goarch,
+	}
+}
+
+// String gets a simple string representation of the version
+func (v Version) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%#v", v)
+}
+
+var (
+	scheme   = k8sRuntime.NewScheme()
 	setupLog = ctrl.Log.WithName("setup")
 )
 
@@ -72,7 +108,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	setupLog.Info("Starting Ververica Platform K8s controller",
-		"version", version.GetVersion().String())
+		"version", GetVersion().String())
 
 	// Build the Ververica Platform API Client
 	ververicaAPIClient := vpAPI.NewAPIClient(&vpAPI.Configuration{
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d5dbea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("Main", func() {
+	Context("version", func() {
+		Describe("GetVersion", func() {
+			It("should create a version object", func() {
+				version := GetVersion()
+				Expect(len(version.BuildDate)).ToNot(BeZero())
+			})
+		})
+
+		Describe("String", func() {
+			var version Version
+			BeforeEach(func() {
+				version = GetVersion()
+			})
+
+			It("should create a version string", func() {
+				Expect(len(version.String())).ToNot(BeZero())
+			})
+		})
+	})
+})
diff --git a/controllers/version/suite_test.go b/suite_test.go
similarity index 73%
rename from controllers/version/suite_test.go
rename to suite_test.go
index f640cd4..1c73fe1 100644
--- a/controllers/version/suite_test.go
+++ b/suite_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package version
+package main
 
 import (
 	"testing"
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/envtest"
 )
 
-func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
+func TestMainPkg(t *testing.T) {
 	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
-	RunSpecs(t, "version")
+	RunSpecs(t, "main")
 
 	RunSpecsWithDefaultAndCustomReporters(t,
-		"version",
+		"main",
 		[]Reporter{envtest.NewlineReporter{}})
 
 }