diff --git a/ksml-runner/src/main/java/io/axual/ksml/runner/KSMLRunner.java b/ksml-runner/src/main/java/io/axual/ksml/runner/KSMLRunner.java
index 9dea78dd..d6ce8628 100644
--- a/ksml-runner/src/main/java/io/axual/ksml/runner/KSMLRunner.java
+++ b/ksml-runner/src/main/java/io/axual/ksml/runner/KSMLRunner.java
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
-import java.util.jar.Attributes;
-import java.util.jar.Manifest;
 
 import io.axual.ksml.client.serde.ResolvingDeserializer;
 import io.axual.ksml.client.serde.ResolvingSerializer;
@@ -88,32 +87,14 @@ public class KSMLRunner {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         try {
             // Load name and version from manifest
-            var executableName = "KSML Runner";
-            var executableVersion = "";
-            try {
-                ClassLoader cl = KSMLRunner.class.getClassLoader();
-
-                try (InputStream url = cl.getResourceAsStream("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF")) {
-                    Manifest manifest = new Manifest(url);
-                    Attributes attr = manifest.getMainAttributes();
-                    String attrName = attr.getValue("Implementation-Title");
-                    if (attrName != null) {
-                        executableName = attrName;
-                    }
-
-                    String attrVersion = attr.getValue("Implementation-Version");
-                    if (attrVersion != null) {
-                        executableVersion = attrVersion;
-                    }
-                }
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                log.info("Could not load manifest file, using default values");
-            }
+            var ksmlTitle = determineTitle();
 
             // Check if we need to output the schema and then exit
             checkForSchemaOutput(args);
 
-            log.info("Starting {} {}", executableName, executableVersion);
+            log.info("Starting {}", ksmlTitle);
+
+            // Begin loading config file
             final var configFile = new File(args.length == 0 ? DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_SHORT : args[0]);
             if (!configFile.exists()) {
                 log.error("Configuration file '{}' not found", configFile);
@@ -257,6 +238,34 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         }
     }
 
+    private static String determineTitle() {
+        var ksmlTitle = "KSML";
+
+        try {
+            ClassLoader cl = KSMLRunner.class.getClassLoader();
+
+            try (InputStream url = cl.getResourceAsStream("ksml/ksml-info.properties")) {
+                Properties ksmlInfo = new Properties();
+                ksmlInfo.load(url);
+                var titleBuilder = new StringBuilder()
+                        .append(ksmlInfo.getProperty("name", "KSML"));
+                if (ksmlInfo.containsKey("version")) {
+                    titleBuilder.append(" ").append(ksmlInfo.getProperty("version"));
+                }
+                if (ksmlInfo.containsKey("buildTime")) {
+                    titleBuilder.append(" (")
+                            .append(ksmlInfo.getProperty("buildTime"))
+                            .append(")");
+                }
+                ksmlTitle = titleBuilder.toString();
+            }
+
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.info("Could not load manifest file, using default values");
+        }
+        return ksmlTitle;
+    }
+
     private static void checkForSchemaOutput(String[] args) {
         // Check if the runner was started with "--schema". If so, then we output the JSON schema to validate the
         // KSML definitions with on stdout and exit
diff --git a/ksml-runner/src/main/java/io/axual/ksml/runner/prometheus/PrometheusExport.java b/ksml-runner/src/main/java/io/axual/ksml/runner/prometheus/PrometheusExport.java
index 8d25968a..14560ddb 100644
--- a/ksml-runner/src/main/java/io/axual/ksml/runner/prometheus/PrometheusExport.java
+++ b/ksml-runner/src/main/java/io/axual/ksml/runner/prometheus/PrometheusExport.java
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ public void start() throws Exception {
     public synchronized void stop() {
         Optional.ofNullable(httpServer).ifPresent(HTTPServer::close);
         httpServer = null;
-        collectorList.forEach(registry::unregister);
+        Optional.ofNullable(registry).ifPresent(r -> collectorList.forEach(r::unregister));
+        registry = null;
         collectorList.clear();
     }
 
diff --git a/ksml-runner/src/main/resources/ksml/ksml-info.properties b/ksml-runner/src/main/resources/ksml/ksml-info.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15f0d192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ksml-runner/src/main/resources/ksml/ksml-info.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name=${project.name}
+version=${project.version}
+buildTime=${maven.build.timestamp}
diff --git a/ksml-runner/src/test/resources/ksml/ksml-info.properties b/ksml-runner/src/test/resources/ksml/ksml-info.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f25c3569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ksml-runner/src/test/resources/ksml/ksml-info.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name=ksml-for-testing
+version=testing
+buildTime=2024-01-01T01:00:00Z
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1ac41e3..0508bc0b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
         <maven.enforcer.plugin.version>3.4.1</maven.enforcer.plugin.version>
         <maven.exec.plugin.version>3.2.0</maven.exec.plugin.version>
         <maven.license.plugin.version>2.4.0</maven.license.plugin.version>
+        <maven.resources.plugin.version>3.3.1</maven.resources.plugin.version>
 
         <maven.javadoc.plugin.version>3.6.3</maven.javadoc.plugin.version>
         <maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.2.5</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
@@ -535,6 +536,12 @@
                     </executions>
                 </plugin>
 
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${maven.resources.plugin.version}</version>
+                </plugin>
+
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>