diff --git a/main/postmarketos-initramfs/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-initramfs/APKBUILD
index 39f8ca9a2..8bcaa3e2c 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-initramfs/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/postmarketos-initramfs/APKBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Oliver Smith <ollieparanoid@postmarketos.org>
 # Co-Maintainer: Clayton Craft <clayton@craftyguy.net>
 pkgname=postmarketos-initramfs
-pkgver=2.1.0
+pkgver=2.1.1
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Base files for the postmarketOS initramfs / initramfs-extra"
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ bed319179bcd0b894d6267c7e73f2890db07bc07df71542936947dfb3bdb17fade8a7b4e7b577f27
 5b364300f31c91fd0591eb0715f67cbf5383f45246a5fb9f34b79f7cb2e3b15768b2130e5f32f816cc169950f988c1beabc879ba31645c58ce131a288dbc071d  00-initramfs-base.dirs
 ab41b45b0613f25a61114ed8c8b92bc53c60838f6e2e0ba18c76e5369b2984e6023a0661887692673aca3f647f268c468a468f6b1ac424cfee609017a89481dd  00-initramfs-base.files
 8a4adad3785af474b36a09a05f6a3b2c4b4f43aac331a53b903abfa51ea12be1e3d1d807b7a6e66a1346815f3b0044daf8cd62e21e2dc75d2db13ee265a72985  00-initramfs-extra-base.files
-0db45596accd92712498da1a3fcc6a6a006444446bdf3444c3925bf00acf14ee020a71b9c0931a7031812c98f87ee640d054a0394b44b76fa8200e6b21519cb1  init.sh
-182e15e979adbab9a4964831174f01989e828557300c60232df2d42d6730d5b14b901d01148ea5f332fe0a69354f9840bed8d6d7bd12864499944dad5f91d018  init_functions.sh
+f2dc71d88964a8c2e8cd2f84965184ef7eb9e28899df2c2621a590463a37216ca8550a5109d96d067c0a40c766f96fc76eea38f386b0948c2e93817dd2ef39b6  init.sh
+a1033084cb53d862f1952273ccdb9c3865c1b8eaa8c04a44ec176966df931fab5765a36ef13d794d9fadfb8fab61e27b2628693ae7f51b1f13d55983a683e590  init_functions.sh
 ba3275a9af788c7c782322a22a0f144d5e50e3498ea6886486a29331f23ae89cd32d500a3635cfa7cab369afba92edc18aeca64ccbf0cd589061cce23d15b46c  unudhcpd.conf
 675e7d5bee39b2df7d322117f8dcaccc274d61beaf4d50ead19bbf2109446d64b1c0aa0c5b4f9846eb6c1c403418f28f6364eff4537ba41120fbfcbc484b7da7  mdev.conf
 "
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-initramfs/init.sh b/main/postmarketos-initramfs/init.sh
index c176127da..c06ea5909 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-initramfs/init.sh
+++ b/main/postmarketos-initramfs/init.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ IN_CI="false"
 [ -e /etc/unudhcpd.conf ] && . /etc/unudhcpd.conf
 . ./init_functions.sh
 . /usr/share/misc/source_deviceinfo
+[ -e /etc/os-release ] && . /etc/os-release
+# provide a default for os-release's VERSION in case the file doesn't exist
+VERSION="${VERSION:-unknown}"
 
 export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
 /bin/busybox --install -s
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-initramfs/init_functions.sh b/main/postmarketos-initramfs/init_functions.sh
index cc01fe328..95ae011f7 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-initramfs/init_functions.sh
+++ b/main/postmarketos-initramfs/init_functions.sh
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ show_splash() {
 
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2154,SC2059
 	/usr/bin/pbsplash -s /usr/share/pbsplash/pmos-logo-text.svg \
-		-b "Linux $(uname -r) | $deviceinfo_codename" \
+		-b "$VERSION | Linux $(uname -r) | $deviceinfo_codename" \
 		-m "$(printf "$1")" >/dev/null &
 }