diff --git a/scripts/code_manager_config_version.rb b/scripts/code_manager_config_version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ed5680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/code_manager_config_version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'json'
+
+environmentpath = ARGV[0]
+environment     = ARGV[1]
+
+r10k_deploy_file_path = File.join(environmentpath, environment, '.r10k-deploy.json')
+
+#output the sha1 from the control-repo
+puts JSON.parse(File.read(r10k_deploy_file_path))['signature']
diff --git a/scripts/config_version.sh b/scripts/config_version.sh
index b4e6556..bc77213 100755
--- a/scripts/config_version.sh
+++ b/scripts/config_version.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-if [ -e /opt/puppetlabs/server/pe_version ]
+if [ -e $1/$2/.r10k-deploy.json ]
+then
+  /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/ruby $1/$2/scripts/code_manager_config_version.rb $1 $2
+elif [ -e /opt/puppetlabs/server/pe_version ]
 then 
   /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/ruby $1/$2/scripts/config_version.rb $1 $2  
 else