diff --git a/cmd/app.go b/cmd/app.go
index dbb0bfd..9cd25fe 100644
--- a/cmd/app.go
+++ b/cmd/app.go
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ func Commands() []*cli.Command {
 	}
 }
 
-func Version(v string) {
-	version = v
+func Version(v, c, d string) {
+	version = fmt.Sprintf("goodhosts %s@%s built on %s", v, c, d)
 }
 
 func DefaultAction(c *cli.Context) error {
diff --git a/cmd/app_test.go b/cmd/app_test.go
index 95198bb..991b865 100644
--- a/cmd/app_test.go
+++ b/cmd/app_test.go
@@ -3,13 +3,33 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	easy "github.com/t-tomalak/logrus-easy-formatter"
 )
 
+func TestDebug(t *testing.T) {
+	args, out := setup("--debug", "version")
+	Version("test-version", "test-commit", "test-date")
+	assert.Nil(t, App.Run(args))
+	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(out.String(), "level=info msg=\"goodhosts test-version@test-commit built on test-date\""))
+
+	// reset logrus for other tests
+	logrus.SetLevel(logrus.InfoLevel)
+	logrus.SetFormatter(&easy.Formatter{
+		LogFormat: "%msg%",
+	})
+}
+
+func TestQuiet(t *testing.T) {
+	args, out := setup("--quiet", "version")
+	assert.Nil(t, App.Run(args))
+	assert.Empty(t, out.String())
+}
+
 // Setup takes args slice and resets logrus and returns args to pass to App.Run
 func setup(args ...string) ([]string, *bytes.Buffer) {
 	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a990080..ec3c832 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -21,11 +20,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
-func formatVersion(version, commit, date string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("goodhosts %s@%s built on %s", version, commit, date)
-}
-
 func run(args []string) error {
-	cmd.Version(formatVersion(version, commit, date))
+	cmd.Version(version, commit, date)
 	return cmd.App.Run(args)
 }
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index d0774d2..d0fffc8 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/goodhosts/cli/cmd"
@@ -30,22 +29,10 @@ func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// test that version@commit + date work
 	args, out = setup("version")
-	cmd.Version(formatVersion("test-version", "test-commit", "test-date"))
+	cmd.Version("test-version", "test-commit", "test-date")
 	assert.Nil(t, cmd.App.Run(args))
 	assert.Equal(t, "goodhosts test-version@test-commit built on test-date", out.String())
 
 	// reset for future tests
-	cmd.Version(formatVersion("dev", "none", "unknown"))
-}
-
-func TestDebug(t *testing.T) {
-	args, out := setup("--debug", "version")
-	assert.Nil(t, cmd.App.Run(args))
-	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(out.String(), "level=info msg=\"goodhosts dev@none built on unknown\""))
-}
-
-func TestQuiet(t *testing.T) {
-	args, out := setup("--quiet", "version")
-	assert.Nil(t, cmd.App.Run(args))
-	assert.Empty(t, out.String())
+	cmd.Version("dev", "none", "unknown")
 }