diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 45f4d06..6297a7c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
+GOFLAGS ?= -v -ldflags "-w -X `go list`.Version=${VERSION} -X `go list`.Commit=${COMMIT}"
+VERSION = `git describe --abbrev=0 --tags 2>/dev/null || echo "VERSION"`
+COMMIT = `git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo "COMMIT"`
 
 build:
-	go build -v ./cmd/mai
+	go build ${GOFLAGS} ./cmd/mai
 clean:
 	rm -f mai
 install:
diff --git a/cmd/mai/flag.go b/cmd/mai/flag.go
index dda2529..8e83934 100644
--- a/cmd/mai/flag.go
+++ b/cmd/mai/flag.go
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ import (
 
 func parseFlags() {
 	flag.StringVar(&configfile, "f", "", "Configuration file")
+	flag.BoolVar(&verbose, "v", false, "Verbose logging")
 	flag.Parse()
 }
diff --git a/cmd/mai/main.go b/cmd/mai/main.go
index 82116b9..40bf633 100644
--- a/cmd/mai/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mai/main.go
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 	"runtime"
+	"syscall"
 
+	"marisa.chaotic.ninja/mai"
 	"marisa.chaotic.ninja/mai/engines"
+
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/logger"
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/limiter"
@@ -16,17 +20,22 @@ import (
 )
 var (
 	configfile string
+	verbose bool
 )
 var conf struct {
+	group string
 	listen string
-	redisuri string
 	staticpath string
 	tmplpath string
+	user string
 }
 func main() {
 	parseFlags()
 
 	if configfile != "" {
+		if verbose {
+			fmt.Printf("[mai] Reading configuration file")
+		}
 		readConf(configfile)
 	}
 
@@ -34,6 +43,19 @@ func main() {
 	conf.listen = "127.0.0.1:5000"
 	conf.staticpath = "./static"
 	conf.tmplpath = "./views"
+
+	if conf.user != "" {
+		if verbose {
+			fmt.Printf("[mai] Dropping privileges to %s", conf.user)
+		}
+		uid, gid, err := usergroupids(conf.user, conf.group)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		syscall.Setuid(uid)
+		syscall.Setgid(gid)
+	}
 	
 	engine := html.New(conf.tmplpath, ".html")
 	engine.AddFunc("inc", func(i int) int { return i + 1 })
@@ -265,4 +287,9 @@ func main() {
 		Browse: true,
 	})
 	app.Listen(conf.listen)
+
+	if verbose {
+		fmt.Printf("Starting mai %v\n", mai.FullVersion())
+		fmt.Printf("Listening on %s", conf.listen)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/mai/readconf.go b/cmd/mai/readconf.go
index 441b8e4..4fe9248 100644
--- a/cmd/mai/readconf.go
+++ b/cmd/mai/readconf.go
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ func readConf(file string) error {
 		return err					        
 	}
 
+	conf.group = cfg.Section("mai").Key("group").String()
 	conf.listen = cfg.Section("mai").Key("listen").String()
 	conf.staticpath = cfg.Section("mai").Key("static").String()
 	conf.tmplpath = cfg.Section("mai").Key("templates").String()
+	conf.user = cfg.Section("mai").Key("user").String()
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/mai/usergroupids.go b/cmd/mai/usergroupids.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd4b609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mai/usergroupids.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os/user"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+func usergroupids(username string, groupname string) (int, int, error) {
+	u, err := user.Lookup(username)
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, -1, err
+	}
+
+	uid, _ := strconv.Atoi(u.Uid)
+	gid, _ := strconv.Atoi(u.Gid)
+
+	if conf.group != "" {
+		g, err := user.LookupGroup(groupname)
+		if err != nil {
+			return uid, -1, err
+		}
+		gid, _ = strconv.Atoi(g.Gid)
+	}
+	return uid, gid, nil
+}
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec57bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Package mai is an usable frontend for popular translation engines
+// Originally based on SimplyTranslate, and took inspiration from the following projects:
+// Partage, PixivFE, etc.
+package mai
diff --git a/mai.ini.5 b/mai.ini.5
index 7f05709..0f6c194 100644
--- a/mai.ini.5
+++ b/mai.ini.5
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 .Sh OPTIONS
 .Ss [mai] section
 .Bl -tag -width 11n
+.It group
+Group ID for dropping privileges to.
+If unset, assume the GID of user
 .It listen
 HTTP port for the server to listen.
 Default is "localhost:5000"
@@ -16,6 +19,8 @@ Default is "./static"
 .It templates
 Directory where the templates are located.
 Default is "./views"
+.It user
+User ID for dropping privileges to.
 .El
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 .Bl -tag -width 11n
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3605571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package mai
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+var (
+	// Version release version
+	Version = "0.0.1"
+
+	// Commit will be overwritten automatically by the build system
+	Commit = "HEAD"
+)
+
+// FullVersion display the full version and build
+func FullVersion() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", Version, Commit)
+}