diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bc35b0ca..13c1eb249 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES_BEFORE ON)
 include("${IMHEX_BASE_FOLDER}/cmake/build_helpers.cmake")
 
 # Setup project
-loadVersion(IMHEX_VERSION)
-string(REPLACE "-WIP" "" IMHEX_VERSION_PLAIN ${IMHEX_VERSION})
+loadVersion(IMHEX_VERSION IMHEX_VERSION_PLAIN)
 setVariableInParent(IMHEX_VERSION ${IMHEX_VERSION})
 configureCMake()
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index df4a52f4b..32380bd3b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.35.0-WIP
\ No newline at end of file
+1.35.0.WIP
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index 1a989c9f5..9b0551a6e 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -397,12 +397,14 @@ macro(setDefaultBuiltTypeIfUnset)
     endif()
 endmacro()
 
-function(loadVersion version)
+function(loadVersion version plain_version)
     set(VERSION_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION")
     set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY CMAKE_CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${VERSION_FILE})
     file(READ "${VERSION_FILE}" read_version)
     string(STRIP ${read_version} read_version)
+    string(REPLACE ".WIP" "" read_version_plain ${read_version})
     set(${version} ${read_version} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(${plain_version} ${read_version_plain} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
 function(detectBadClone)
diff --git a/lib/libimhex/include/hex/api/imhex_api.hpp b/lib/libimhex/include/hex/api/imhex_api.hpp
index 6b89fd799..454659ea3 100644
--- a/lib/libimhex/include/hex/api/imhex_api.hpp
+++ b/lib/libimhex/include/hex/api/imhex_api.hpp
@@ -632,6 +632,12 @@ namespace hex {
              */
             bool isDebugBuild();
 
+            /**
+             * @brief Checks if this version of ImHex is a nightly build
+             * @return True if this version is a nightly, false if it's a release
+             */
+            bool isNightlyBuild();
+
             enum class UpdateType {
                 Stable,
                 Nightly
diff --git a/lib/libimhex/source/api/imhex_api.cpp b/lib/libimhex/source/api/imhex_api.cpp
index d12e82b89..ce4636e29 100644
--- a/lib/libimhex/source/api/imhex_api.cpp
+++ b/lib/libimhex/source/api/imhex_api.cpp
@@ -805,6 +805,10 @@ namespace hex {
             #endif
         }
 
+        bool isNightly() {
+            return getImHexVersion(false).ends_with("WIP");
+        }
+
         bool updateImHex(UpdateType updateType) {
             // Get the path of the updater executable
             std::fs::path executablePath;