diff --git a/controllers/default.py b/controllers/default.py
index 2096578cb897ccb14c18d6fcde92b15e01c9b8f9..d971f34c36ea6849cf5f4a9aa615493ca6c818e2 100644
--- a/controllers/default.py
+++ b/controllers/default.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import random
 
 def index():
-    return dict(var=random.random())
+    return dict(var=random.random(), meta=db(db.Meta).select().first())
diff --git a/models/c_meta.py b/models/c_meta.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2bd3f0780528cb1afdf783c9e9812f1d6319e16c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/c_meta.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import subprocess
+
+db.define_table(
+    'Meta',
+    Field('creation', 'datetime', default=request.now),
+    Field('git_commit', 'string'),
+    Field('git_date', 'string')
+)
+
+def getGitCommit(_record):
+    try:
+        commit = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"], cwd=request.folder, encoding="utf-8")[:-1]
+    except:
+        commit = "Failed to get git commit"
+    return(commit)
+
+def getGitDate(_record):
+    try:
+        date = subprocess.check_output(["git", "log", "-1", "--format=%cd", "--date=iso8601"], cwd=request.folder, encoding="utf-8")[:-7]
+    except:
+        date = "Failed to get git date"
+    return(date)
+
+db.Meta.git_commit.compute = getGitCommit
+db.Meta.git_date.compute = getGitDate
+
+if db(db.Meta).count() == 0:
+    db.Meta.insert()
diff --git a/views/default/index.html b/views/default/index.html
index 9dbfe9641c1d02e5a2f67e5f96de8318b04333a2..788800143577d87f67ce78ff065930a84853afa3 100644
--- a/views/default/index.html
+++ b/views/default/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <html>
 	<body>
-		This is a test {{=var}}
+		This is a test {{=var}}<br><br>
+        This is commit <b>{{=meta.git_commit[:10] if len(meta.git_commit) > 10 else meta.git_commit}}</b> from <b>{{=meta.git_date}}</b> show on
+        <a href="https://git.noc.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/studienprojekt-ss20/lynchburg-server/-/commit/{{=meta.git_commit}}">GitLab</a><br>
+        Database from: {{=meta.creation}}
 	</body>
 </html>