diff --git a/src/app/args.ts b/src/app/args.ts
index e4945cd17..ccdb5936b 100644
--- a/src/app/args.ts
+++ b/src/app/args.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { CommandLineOptions } from "https://dev.cdn.unyt.org/command-line-args/main.ts"
 import { Path } from "../utils/path.ts";
 import { getExistingFile } from "../utils/file-utils.ts";
-import { UIX } from "../../uix.ts";
 import { ESCAPE_SEQUENCES } from "datex-core-legacy/utils/logger.ts";
+import { version as UIX_VERSION } from "../utils/version.ts";
 
 export const command_line_options = new CommandLineOptions("UIX", "Fullstack Web Framework with DATEX Integration.\nVisit https://unyt.org/uix for more information", "../RUN.md");
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const version = command_line_options.option("version", {type:"boolean", descript
 if (version) {
 	const DATEX_VERSION = (await import("datex-core-legacy/VERSION.ts")).default;
 
-	let log = `${ESCAPE_SEQUENCES.BOLD}${ESCAPE_SEQUENCES.UNYT_BLUE}UIX ${UIX.version == "beta" ? "beta" : "v" + UIX.version}${ESCAPE_SEQUENCES.RESET} (${new URL("../../", import.meta.url)})`;
+	let log = `${ESCAPE_SEQUENCES.BOLD}${ESCAPE_SEQUENCES.UNYT_BLUE}UIX ${UIX_VERSION == "beta" ? "beta" : "v" + UIX_VERSION}${ESCAPE_SEQUENCES.RESET} (${new URL("../../", import.meta.url)})`;
 	log += `\n\n${ESCAPE_SEQUENCES.BOLD}DATEX Core: ${ESCAPE_SEQUENCES.RESET} ${DATEX_VERSION == "beta" ? "beta" : "v" + DATEX_VERSION} (${import.meta.resolve("datex-core-legacy/")})`
 	log +=   `\n${ESCAPE_SEQUENCES.BOLD}Deno:       ${ESCAPE_SEQUENCES.RESET} ${Deno.version.deno}`
 	log +=   `\n${ESCAPE_SEQUENCES.BOLD}TypeScript: ${ESCAPE_SEQUENCES.RESET} ${Deno.version.typescript}`
diff --git a/src/utils/version.ts b/src/utils/version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74f5fcda0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+/**
+ * get version from ./version file
+ */
+let _version = "beta";
+try {
+	_version = (await import("../../VERSION.ts")).default
+}
+catch {
+	console.error("Could not determine UIX version")
+}
+export const version = _version;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/uix.ts b/uix.ts
index b47d9f59b..0497805df 100644
--- a/uix.ts
+++ b/uix.ts
@@ -3,25 +3,15 @@ import { client_type } from "datex-core-legacy/utils/constants.ts";
 import { getThemeManager } from "./src/base/theme-manager.ts";
 import { UIX_COOKIE, setCookie } from "./src/session/cookies.ts";
 import { Path } from "./src/utils/path.ts";
-import { Datex } from "datex-core-legacy/mod.ts";
+import { Datex } from "datex-core-legacy";
 import { cache_path } from "datex-core-legacy/runtime/cache_path.ts";
+import { version } from "./src/utils/version.ts";
 
 /**
  * get UIX cache path
  */
 const cacheDir = client_type == "deno" ? new Path<Path.Protocol.File, true>('./uix/', cache_path) : new Path<Path.Protocol.HTTP|Path.Protocol.HTTPS, true>('/@uix/cache/', location.origin);
 
-/**
- * get version from ./version file
- */
-let version = "beta";
-try {
-	version = (await import("./VERSION.ts")).default
-}
-catch {
-	console.error("Could not determine DATEX version")
-}
-
 export const UIX = {
 	version,
 	get context() {
@@ -41,14 +31,10 @@ export const UIX = {
 
 if (client_type == "browser") {
 	// update uix-language cookie (only works if runtime initialized!)
-	try {
-		Datex.Ref.observe(Datex.Runtime.ENV.$.LANG, lang => {
-			setCookie(UIX_COOKIE.language, lang)
-			document.documentElement?.setAttribute("lang", lang)
-		})
-	} catch (e) {
-		console.error(e);
-	}
+	Datex.Ref.observe(Datex.Runtime.ENV.$.LANG, lang => {
+		setCookie(UIX_COOKIE.language, lang)
+		document.documentElement?.setAttribute("lang", lang)
+	})
 
 	// make sure UIX theme manager is activated
 	getThemeManager();