diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1af514f..4277b19 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "actix-web-httpauth",
  "bcrypt",
+ "build-info",
+ "build-info-build",
  "bytes 1.0.1",
  "chrono",
  "custom_error",
@@ -425,6 +427,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ansi_term"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d52a9bb7ec0cf484c551830a7ce27bd20d67eac647e1befb56b0be4ee39a55d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "28b2cd92db5cbd74e8e5028f7e27dd7aa3090e89e4f2a197cc7c8dfb69c7063b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.50"
@@ -506,6 +523,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bincode"
+version = "1.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b1f45e9417d87227c7a56d22e471c6206462cba514c7590c09aff4cf6d1ddcad"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -561,6 +587,74 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.5.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "build-info"
+version = "0.0.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "569d94157949b69d52fd80b77a33cffa083ebcd7abf6d60999b41cc977664a32"
+dependencies = [
+ "build-info-common",
+ "build-info-proc",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "build-info-build"
+version = "0.0.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7975fa865b3562339bdec59ee877d2a8618c4f95dc0e4729f3d501818cae11b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "base64",
+ "bincode",
+ "build-info-common",
+ "cargo_metadata",
+ "chrono",
+ "git2",
+ "glob",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "pretty_assertions",
+ "rustc_version 0.3.3",
+ "serde_json",
+ "xz2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "build-info-common"
+version = "0.0.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c3210a1a81517312746d7ecad5cde4ad9d3ec20640cb6e0c9900c9c6aa6dea1"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "derive_more",
+ "semver 0.11.0",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "build-info-proc"
+version = "0.0.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22b0c07441c4c64c569cbf637e1e181b1c9c934764c7dcaac0ab7d8ffc8e1eba"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "base64",
+ "bincode",
+ "build-info-common",
+ "chrono",
+ "format-buf",
+ "num-bigint",
+ "num-traits",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "serde_json",
+ "syn",
+ "xz2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.6.1"
@@ -594,11 +688,46 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.0.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "camino"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d4648c6d00a709aa069a236adcaae4f605a6241c72bf5bee79331a4b625921a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo-platform"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0226944a63d1bf35a3b5f948dd7c59e263db83695c9e8bffc4037de02e30f1d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo_metadata"
+version = "0.13.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "081e3f0755c1f380c2d010481b6fa2e02973586d5f2b24eebb7a2a1d98b143d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "camino",
+ "cargo-platform",
+ "semver 0.11.0",
+ "semver-parser 0.10.2",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.67"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3c69b077ad434294d3ce9f1f6143a2a4b89a8a2d54ef813d85003a4fd1137fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "jobserver",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -710,6 +839,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ctor"
+version = "0.1.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e98e2ad1a782e33928b96fc3948e7c355e5af34ba4de7670fe8bac2a3b2006d"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ctr"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -782,6 +921,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "migrations_macros",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "diff"
+version = "0.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e25ea47919b1560c4e3b7fe0aaab9becf5b84a10325ddf7db0f0ba5e1026499"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -892,6 +1037,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "format-buf"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7aea5a5909a74969507051a3b17adc84737e31a5f910559892aedce026f4d53"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fuchsia-cprng"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -1057,6 +1208,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "polyval",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "git2"
+version = "0.13.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b483c6c2145421099df1b4efd50e0f6205479a072199460eff852fa15e5603c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "libc",
+ "libgit2-sys",
+ "log",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.2.7"
@@ -1228,6 +1398,15 @@ version = "0.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd25036021b0de88a0aff6b850051563c6516d0bf53f8638938edbb9de732736"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jobserver"
+version = "0.1.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "972f5ae5d1cb9c6ae417789196c803205313edde988685da5e3aae0827b9e7fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "kernel32-sys"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -1265,6 +1444,18 @@ version = "0.2.93"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9385f66bf6105b241aa65a61cb923ef20efc665cb9f9bb50ac2f0c4b7f378d41"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libgit2-sys"
+version = "0.12.19+1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f322155d574c8b9ebe991a04f6908bb49e68a79463338d24a43d6274cb6443e6"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
 version = "0.18.0"
@@ -1276,6 +1467,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libz-sys"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "de5435b8549c16d423ed0c03dbaafe57cf6c3344744f1242520d59c9d8ecec66"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
 version = "0.5.4"
@@ -1309,6 +1512,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "linked-hash-map",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lzma-sys"
+version = "0.1.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bdb4b7c3eddad11d3af9e86c487607d2d2442d185d848575365c4856ba96d619"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "match_cfg"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1446,6 +1660,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check 0.1.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-bigint"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e0d047c1062aa51e256408c560894e5251f08925980e53cf1aa5bd00eec6512"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg 1.0.1",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.44"
@@ -1481,6 +1706,15 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "624a8340c38c1b80fd549087862da4ba43e08858af025b236e509b6649fc13d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "output_vt100"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53cdc5b785b7a58c5aad8216b3dfa114df64b0b06ae6e1501cef91df2fbdf8f9"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -1518,6 +1752,15 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d4fd5641d01c8f18a23da7b6fe29298ff4b55afcccdf78973b24cf3175fee32e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pest"
+version = "2.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "10f4872ae94d7b90ae48754df22fd42ad52ce740b8f370b03da4835417403e53"
+dependencies = [
+ "ucd-trie",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "phf"
 version = "0.7.24"
@@ -1637,6 +1880,18 @@ version = "0.2.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac74c624d6b2d21f425f752262f42188365d7b8ff1aff74c82e45136510a4857"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pretty_assertions"
+version = "0.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1cab0e7c02cf376875e9335e0ba1da535775beb5450d21e1dffca068818ed98b"
+dependencies = [
+ "ansi_term",
+ "ctor",
+ "diff",
+ "output_vt100",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-error"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -1962,7 +2217,16 @@ version = "0.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "138e3e0acb6c9fb258b19b67cb8abd63c00679d2851805ea151465464fe9030a"
 dependencies = [
- "semver",
+ "semver 0.9.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc_version"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0dfe2087c51c460008730de8b57e6a320782fbfb312e1f4d520e6c6fae155ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "semver 0.11.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1992,7 +2256,17 @@ version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1d7eb9ef2c18661902cc47e535f9bc51b78acd254da71d375c2f6720d9a40403"
 dependencies = [
- "semver-parser",
+ "semver-parser 0.7.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f301af10236f6df4160f7c3f04eec6dbc70ace82d23326abad5edee88801c6b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "semver-parser 0.10.2",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2001,6 +2275,15 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "388a1df253eca08550bef6c72392cfe7c30914bf41df5269b68cbd6ff8f570a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver-parser"
+version = "0.10.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0bef5b7f9e0df16536d3961cfb6e84331c065b4066afb39768d0e319411f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.125"
@@ -2130,7 +2413,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d022496b16281348b52d0e30ae99e01a73d737b2f45d38fed4edf79f9325a1d5"
 dependencies = [
  "discard",
- "rustc_version",
+ "rustc_version 0.2.3",
  "stdweb-derive",
  "stdweb-internal-macros",
  "stdweb-internal-runtime",
@@ -2411,6 +2694,12 @@ version = "1.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "879f6906492a7cd215bfa4cf595b600146ccfac0c79bcbd1f3000162af5e8b06"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ucd-trie"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56dee185309b50d1f11bfedef0fe6d036842e3fb77413abef29f8f8d1c5d4c1c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicase"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -2703,3 +2992,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.2.8",
  "winapi-build",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "xz2"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c179869f34fc7c01830d3ce7ea2086bc3a07e0d35289b667d0a8bf910258926c"
+dependencies = [
+ "lzma-sys",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 53c68fe..052c80e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ diesel_migrations = "1.4.0"
 actix-threadpool = "0.3.3"
 envy = "0.4"
 
+[dependencies.build-info]
+version = "=0.0.23"
+features = ['runtime', 'serde']
+
 [dependencies.serde]
 version = "1.0.125"
 features = ['derive']
@@ -59,3 +63,6 @@ features = ['serde']
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 actix-rt = "1.1.1"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+build-info-build = "=0.0.23"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d36778f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    build_info_build::build_script();
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 04e8f8e..7ee9697 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
+#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate diesel;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate derive_new;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
-extern crate bcrypt;
-extern crate custom_error;
-extern crate regex;
-extern crate validator;
 
 mod actions;
 mod errors;
@@ -27,6 +24,8 @@ use rand::Rng;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use types::DbPool;
 
+build_info::build_info!(pub fn get_build_info);
+
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct EnvConfig {
     pub database_url: String,
@@ -56,7 +55,11 @@ pub fn configure_app(app_data: AppData) -> Box<dyn Fn(&mut ServiceConfig)> {
             .service(
                 web::scope("/api")
                     .service(routes::users::get_user)
-                    .service(routes::users::get_all_users),
+                    .service(routes::users::get_all_users)
+                    .service(web::scope("/get").route(
+                        "/build-info",
+                        web::get().to(routes::misc::build_info_req),
+                    )),
             )
             // .route("/api/users/get", web::get().to(user_controller.get_user.into()))
             .service(web::scope("/api/public")) // public endpoint - not implemented yet
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 322cfd8..a31a9ec 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 use actix_demo::{AppConfig, AppData, EnvConfig};
 use diesel::{r2d2::ConnectionManager, SqliteConnection};
 use env_logger::Env;
diff --git a/src/routes.rs b/src/routes.rs
index 4ec67ce..6805293 100644
--- a/src/routes.rs
+++ b/src/routes.rs
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ pub mod auth;
 pub mod users;
 pub use self::auth::*;
 pub use self::users::*;
+pub mod misc;
diff --git a/src/routes/misc.rs b/src/routes/misc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edf4332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/misc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use crate::get_build_info;
+
+pub async fn build_info_req() -> String {
+    serde_json::to_string(get_build_info()).unwrap()
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/users.rs b/src/routes/users.rs
index 84ebcfc..9a66fd3 100644
--- a/src/routes/users.rs
+++ b/src/routes/users.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ use validator::Validate;
 #[get("/get/users/{user_id}")]
 pub async fn get_user(
     app_data: web::Data<AppData>,
-    user_id_param: web::Path<i32>,
+    user_id: web::Path<i32>,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, DomainError> {
-    let u_id = user_id_param.into_inner();
+    let u_id = user_id.into_inner();
     // use web::block to offload blocking Diesel code without blocking server thread
     let res = web::block(move || {
         let pool = &app_data.pool;