diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66ad5b4..6cd7de7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,11 +15,17 @@
         <developerConnection>scm:git:gitea@code-repo.d4science.org:MaDgIK/login-service.git</developerConnection>
         <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</timestamp>
+        <maven.build.timestamp.format>E MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy</maven.build.timestamp.format>
+    </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>eu.dnetlib</groupId>
             <artifactId>uoa-login-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.2</version>
+            <version>2.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!--swagger-->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/LoginServiceApplication.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/LoginServiceApplication.java
index 2e9e2a5..bc0a6bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/LoginServiceApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/LoginServiceApplication.java
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.loginservice;
 
 import eu.dnetlib.authentication.configuration.AuthenticationConfiguration;
+import eu.dnetlib.loginservice.configuration.APIProperties;
+import eu.dnetlib.loginservice.configuration.GlobalVars;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySources;
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySources;
         @PropertySource(value = "classpath:dnet-override.properties", ignoreResourceNotFound = true)
 })
 @Import({AuthenticationConfiguration.class})
+@EnableConfigurationProperties({APIProperties.class, GlobalVars.class})
 public class LoginServiceApplication {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/configuration/APIProperties.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/configuration/APIProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52f63c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/configuration/APIProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.loginservice.configuration;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+
+@ConfigurationProperties("api")
+public class APIProperties {
+
+    private String title;
+    private String description;
+    private String version;
+
+    public APIProperties() {
+    }
+
+    public String getTitle() {
+        return title;
+    }
+
+    public void setTitle(String title) {
+        this.title = title;
+    }
+
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    public void setDescription(String description) {
+        this.description = description;
+    }
+
+    public String getVersion() {
+        return version;
+    }
+
+    public void setVersion(String version) {
+        this.version = version;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/configuration/GlobalVars.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/configuration/GlobalVars.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e330b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/configuration/GlobalVars.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.loginservice.configuration;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+@ConfigurationProperties("login-service.globalVars")
+public class GlobalVars {
+    public static Date date = new Date();
+    private Date buildDate;
+    private String version;
+
+    public String getBuildDate() {
+        if(buildDate == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return buildDate.toString();
+    }
+
+    public void setBuildDate(Date buildDate) {
+        this.buildDate = buildDate;
+    }
+
+    public String getVersion() {
+        return version;
+    }
+
+    public void setVersion(String version) {
+        this.version = version;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/configuration/SwaggerConfig.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/configuration/SwaggerConfig.java
index 94a580d..6c61f56 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/configuration/SwaggerConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/configuration/SwaggerConfig.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.loginservice.configuration;
 
-import eu.dnetlib.authentication.configuration.APIProperties;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/controllers/HealthController.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/controllers/HealthController.java
index 90b6df6..1b11aa7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/controllers/HealthController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/loginservice/controllers/HealthController.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.loginservice.controllers;
 
-import eu.dnetlib.authentication.configuration.AuthenticationConfiguration;
-import eu.dnetlib.authentication.configuration.Properties;
+import eu.dnetlib.loginservice.configuration.GlobalVars;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -10,16 +9,17 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 @RestController
 public class HealthController {
     private final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(this.getClass());
-    private final AuthenticationConfiguration configuration;
+    private final GlobalVars globalVars;
 
     @Autowired
-    public HealthController(AuthenticationConfiguration configuration) {
-        this.configuration = configuration;
+    public HealthController(GlobalVars globalVars) {
+        this.globalVars = globalVars;
     }
 
     @RequestMapping(value = {"", "/health_check"}, method = RequestMethod.GET)
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ public class HealthController {
     @PreAuthorize("hasAnyAuthority('PORTAL_ADMINISTRATOR')")
     @RequestMapping(value = "/health_check/advanced", method = RequestMethod.GET)
     public Map<String, String> checkEverything() {
-       return configuration.getProperties();
+        Map<String, String> response = new HashMap<>();
+        if(GlobalVars.date != null) {
+            response.put("Date of deploy", eu.dnetlib.authentication.configuration.GlobalVars.date.toString());
+        }
+        if(globalVars.getBuildDate() != null) {
+            response.put("Date of build", globalVars.getBuildDate());
+        }
+        if (globalVars.getVersion() != null) {
+            response.put("Version", globalVars.getVersion());
+        }
+        return response;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/login-service.properties b/src/main/resources/login-service.properties
index b899e3d..6a47893 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/login-service.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/login-service.properties
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 api.title = Login Service
 api.description = Login service provides methods to authenticate users through AAI provider and retrieve information of authenticated user.
 api.version = ${project.version}
+
+login-service.global-vars.buildDate=@timestamp@
+login-service.global-vars.version=@project.version@