diff --git a/Meade.net.Telescope/Telescope.cs b/Meade.net.Telescope/Telescope.cs
index 6b62306..35f5a27 100644
--- a/Meade.net.Telescope/Telescope.cs
+++ b/Meade.net.Telescope/Telescope.cs
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ namespace ASCOM.Meade.net
             //todo move the TraceLogger out to a factory class.
             _tl = new TraceLogger("", "Meade.Generic.Telescope");
             LogMessage("Telescope", "Starting initialisation");
+            LogMessage("Telescope", $"Driver version: {DriverVersion}");
 
             ReadProfile(); // Read device configuration from the ASCOM Profile store
 
diff --git a/Meade.net.focuser/Focuser.cs b/Meade.net.focuser/Focuser.cs
index 7b99b39..eb3eae2 100644
--- a/Meade.net.focuser/Focuser.cs
+++ b/Meade.net.focuser/Focuser.cs
@@ -74,14 +74,17 @@ namespace ASCOM.Meade.net
 
         private void Initialise()
         {
+            //todo move the TraceLogger out to a factory class.
             Tl = new TraceLogger("", "Meade.Generic.focusser");
 
-            Tl.LogMessage("Focuser", "Starting initialisation");
+            LogMessage("Focuser", "Starting initialisation");
+            LogMessage("Focuser", $"Driver version: {DriverVersion}");
+
             ReadProfile(); // Read device configuration from the ASCOM Profile store
 
             IsConnected = false; // Initialise connected to false
 
-            Tl.LogMessage("Focuser", "Completed initialisation");
+            LogMessage("Focuser", "Completed initialisation");
         }