diff --git a/superset/assets/stylesheets/superset.less b/superset/assets/stylesheets/superset.less
index fb0facb2e..2810ed474 100644
--- a/superset/assets/stylesheets/superset.less
+++ b/superset/assets/stylesheets/superset.less
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ span.title-block {
 div.navbar {
   z-index: 999;
   .dropdown-menu .fineprint {
-    padding: 10px 20px 0 20px;
+    line-height: 1.5rem;
+    padding: 10px 20px 5px 20px;
     color: @gray-light;
     font-size: @font-size-m;
     div {
diff --git a/superset/config.py b/superset/config.py
index 660c933b6..a85489c9f 100644
--- a/superset/config.py
+++ b/superset/config.py
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ def _try_json_readversion(filepath):
         return None
 
 
-def _try_json_readsha(filepath):
+def _try_json_readsha(filepath, length):
     try:
         with open(filepath, "r") as f:
-            return json.load(f).get("GIT_SHA")
+            return json.load(f).get("GIT_SHA")[:length]
     except Exception:
         return None
 
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ VERSION_STRING = _try_json_readversion(VERSION_INFO_FILE) or _try_json_readversi
     PACKAGE_JSON_FILE
 )
 
-VERSION_SHA = _try_json_readsha(VERSION_INFO_FILE)
+VERSION_SHA_LENGTH = 8
+VERSION_SHA = _try_json_readsha(VERSION_INFO_FILE, VERSION_SHA_LENGTH)
 
 ROW_LIMIT = 50000
 VIZ_ROW_LIMIT = 10000
diff --git a/superset/templates/appbuilder/navbar_right.html b/superset/templates/appbuilder/navbar_right.html
index ad9ff16e8..881db00b7 100644
--- a/superset/templates/appbuilder/navbar_right.html
+++ b/superset/templates/appbuilder/navbar_right.html
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
             {% if version_string or version_sha %}
               <li class="fineprint">
                 {% if version_string %}
-                  <div>Version {{version_string}}</div>
+                  <div>Version: {{version_string}}</div>
                 {% endif %}
                 {% if version_sha %}
                   <div>SHA: {{version_sha}}</div>