diff --git a/build b/build
index e6ed9bc..36865af 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
+NAME="coreos-cloudinit"
 ORG_PATH="github.com/coreos"
-REPO_PATH="${ORG_PATH}/coreos-cloudinit"
+REPO_PATH="${ORG_PATH}/${NAME}"
+VERSION=$(git describe --dirty --tags)
+GLDFLAGS="-X main.version \"${VERSION}\""
 
 if [ ! -h gopath/src/${REPO_PATH} ]; then
 	mkdir -p gopath/src/${ORG_PATH}
@@ -11,4 +14,4 @@ fi
 export GOBIN=${PWD}/bin
 export GOPATH=${PWD}/gopath
 
-go build -o bin/coreos-cloudinit ${REPO_PATH}
+go build -ldflags "${GLDFLAGS}" -o ${GOBIN}/${NAME} ${REPO_PATH}
diff --git a/coreos-cloudinit.go b/coreos-cloudinit.go
index 3d91614..4137d7e 100644
--- a/coreos-cloudinit.go
+++ b/coreos-cloudinit.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	version               = "1.5.0+git"
 	datasourceInterval    = 100 * time.Millisecond
 	datasourceMaxInterval = 30 * time.Second
 	datasourceTimeout     = 5 * time.Minute
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ var (
 		oem            string
 		validate       bool
 	}{}
+	version = "was not built properly"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if flags.printVersion == true {
-		fmt.Printf("coreos-cloudinit version %s\n", version)
+		fmt.Printf("coreos-cloudinit %s\n", version)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
diff --git a/test b/test
index a24bb31..3065a93 100755
--- a/test
+++ b/test
@@ -1,19 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
-#
-# Run all coreos-cloudinit tests
-#   ./test
-#   ./test -v
-#
-# Run tests for one package
-#   PKG=initialize ./test
-#
-
-# Invoke ./cover for HTML output
-COVER=${COVER:-"-cover"}
 
 source ./build
 
-declare -a TESTPKGS=(
+SRC="
 	config
 	config/validate
 	datasource
@@ -31,36 +20,22 @@ declare -a TESTPKGS=(
 	network
 	pkg
 	system
-)
+"
 
-if [ -z "$PKG" ]; then
-	GOFMTPATH="${TESTPKGS[*]} *.go"
-	# prepend repo path to each package
-	TESTPKGS="${TESTPKGS[*]/#/${REPO_PATH}/} ./"
-else
-	GOFMTPATH="$TESTPKGS"
-	# strip out slashes and dots from PKG=./foo/
-	TESTPKGS=${PKG//\//}
-	TESTPKGS=${TESTPKGS//./}
-	TESTPKGS=${TESTPKGS/#/${REPO_PATH}/}
-fi
-
-echo "Running tests..."
-go test -i ${TESTPKGS}
-go test ${COVER} $@ ${TESTPKGS}
+echo "Checking gofix..."
+go tool fix -diff $SRC
 
 echo "Checking gofmt..."
-fmtRes=$(gofmt -l $GOFMTPATH)
-if [ -n "$fmtRes" ]; then
-	echo "$fmtRes"
-	exit 1
-fi
+gofmt -d -e $SRC
+
+# split SRC into an array and prepend REPO_PATH to each local package for go vet
+split_vet=(${SRC// / })
+VET_TEST=${split_vet[@]/#/${REPO_PATH}/}
 
 echo "Checking govet..."
-vetRes=$(go vet $TESTPKGS)
-if [ -n "${vetRes}" ]; then
- echo -e "govet checking failed:\n${vetRes}"
- exit 255
-fi
+go vet $VET_TEST
+
+echo "Running tests..."
+go test -timeout 60s -cover $@ ${VET_TEST} --race
 
 echo "Success"