diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 245d542d5c38707bbdee5691d347a45f8d94a31c..f0b7363304984a1f0cdfb4becd9a3f931a64cad0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ COPY contrib/postgresql-requirements.txt /srv
 COPY meta.py /srv
 COPY run.sh /srv
 COPY run.py /srv
-COPY VERSION /srv/VERSION
+COPY VERSION /srv
 
 WORKDIR /srv
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ba7730be7dd1e509ec9c3dd47bcfd41f78739a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0.0-alpha1-dev
\ No newline at end of file