diff --git a/scripts/query_version_info.py b/scripts/query_version_info.py
index 2fafd972a0fe2ffd1a9ef2a5f16ebac409c3784f..f3dd3c1197d26d1dff5695e4ed4f5836986c601d 100644
--- a/scripts/query_version_info.py
+++ b/scripts/query_version_info.py
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ def cmake_version_info():
         output += "-DGIT_BRANCH=\"{}\";".format(version_name["branch"])
         output += "-DGIT_HASH=\"{}\";".format(version_name["hash"])
     output += "-DGIT_TIMESTAMP=\"{}\";".format(timestamp)
+    return output
 
 
 def source_file_name(prefix: str, suffix: str):
diff --git a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b014848f7caec01739b5c4c2265322349a4e70f..dd96c876c0e4cc476cc8d813389fa060dbeeabc2 100644
--- a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ else()
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE VERSION_DEFINITIONS
     )
     add_definitions(${VERSION_DEFINITIONS})
+    message(STATUS "Queried version info from git: ${VERSION_DEFINITIONS}")
 endif()
 
 #if(NOT APPLE)