diff --git a/ProjectLighthouse/Configuration/ConfigurationCategories/CustomizationConfiguration.cs b/ProjectLighthouse/Configuration/ConfigurationCategories/CustomizationConfiguration.cs
index ee6b17e4..2ac58fdc 100644
--- a/ProjectLighthouse/Configuration/ConfigurationCategories/CustomizationConfiguration.cs
+++ b/ProjectLighthouse/Configuration/ConfigurationCategories/CustomizationConfiguration.cs
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ public class CustomizationConfiguration
 {
     public string ServerName { get; set; } = "Project Lighthouse";
     public string EnvironmentName { get; set; } = "project-lighthouse";
+    public bool UseLessReliableNumericRevisionNumberingSystem { get; set; } = false;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ProjectLighthouse/Helpers/VersionHelper.cs b/ProjectLighthouse/Helpers/VersionHelper.cs
index f9f2a01a..f07ad991 100644
--- a/ProjectLighthouse/Helpers/VersionHelper.cs
+++ b/ProjectLighthouse/Helpers/VersionHelper.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,19 @@ public static class VersionHelper
         {
             CommitHash = ResourceHelper.ReadManifestFile("gitVersion.txt");
             Branch = ResourceHelper.ReadManifestFile("gitBranch.txt");
-            commitNumber = $"{CommitHash}_{Build}";
+            bool isShallowRepo = ResourceHelper.ReadManifestFile("gitIsShallowRepo.txt") == "true";
+            if (isShallowRepo)
+            {
+                Logger.Warn
+                (
+                    "The UseLessReliavleNumericRevisionNumberingSystem option is not supported for builds made from a shallow clone." +
+                    "Please perform a full clone if you want to use numeric revision numbers." +
+                    "UseLessReliavleNumericRevisionNumberingSystem is now disabled.",
+                    LogArea.Startup
+                );
+                ServerConfiguration.Instance.Customization.UseLessReliableNumericRevisionNumberingSystem = false;
+            }
+            commitNumber = ServerConfiguration.Instance.Customization.UseLessReliableNumericRevisionNumberingSystem ? ResourceHelper.ReadManifestFile("gitRevCount.txt") : $"{CommitHash}_{Build}";
             OrdinalCommitNumber = (Branch == "main") ? $"r{commitNumber}" : $"{Branch}_r{commitNumber}";
 
             string remotesFile = ResourceHelper.ReadManifestFile("gitRemotes.txt");
@@ -51,6 +63,8 @@ public static class VersionHelper
                 "Please make sure you are properly disclosing the source code to any users who may be using this instance.",
                 LogArea.Startup
             );
+            if (ServerConfiguration.Instance.Customization.UseLessReliableNumericRevisionNumberingSystem) // remove redundancy
+                OrdinalCommitNumber = $"{Branch}-dirty_r{commitNumber}";
             CanCheckForUpdates = false;
         }
     }
diff --git a/ProjectLighthouse/ProjectLighthouse.csproj b/ProjectLighthouse/ProjectLighthouse.csproj
index 0bad40e4..329ced2f 100644
--- a/ProjectLighthouse/ProjectLighthouse.csproj
+++ b/ProjectLighthouse/ProjectLighthouse.csproj
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@
         <EmbeddedResource Include="chatCensoredList.txt">
             <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
         </EmbeddedResource>
+		<None Remove="gitRevCount.txt" />
+        <EmbeddedResource Include="gitRevCount.txt">
+            <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+        </EmbeddedResource>
+		<None Remove="gitIsShallowRepo.txt" />
+		<EmbeddedResource Include="gitIsShallowRepo.txt">
+			<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+		</EmbeddedResource>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
@@ -59,6 +67,8 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <Target Name="PreBuild" BeforeTargets="PreBuildEvent">
+		<Exec Command="git rev-parse --is-shallow-repository &gt; &quot;$(ProjectDir)/gitIsShallowRepo.txt&quot;" />
+        <Exec Command="git describe --long --always --dirty --exclude=\* --abbrev=8 &gt; &quot;$(ProjectDir)/gitVersion.txt&quot;" />
 		<Exec Command="git rev-list HEAD --count &gt; &quot;$(ProjectDir)/gitRevCount.txt&quot;" />
         <Exec Command="git branch --show-current &gt; &quot;$(ProjectDir)/gitBranch.txt&quot;" />
         <Exec Command="git remote -v &gt; &quot;$(ProjectDir)/gitRemotes.txt&quot;" />