diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmInvoker.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmInvoker.java
index 41a240339..826376659 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmInvoker.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmInvoker.java
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@ import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
-import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
-import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.timsu.astrid.R;
-import com.todoroo.aacenc.ContextManager;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.service.Autowired;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.service.DependencyInjectionService;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.service.RestClient;
@@ -186,23 +183,6 @@ public class ActFmInvoker {
         }
     }
 
-    private String clientVersion = null;
-
-    private String getClientVersion() {
-        if (clientVersion == null) {
-            try {
-                PackageManager pm = ContextManager.getContext().getPackageManager();
-                PackageInfo pi = pm.getPackageInfo(Constants.PACKAGE, PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
-                int version = pi.versionCode;
-                String versionName = pi.versionName;
-                clientVersion = "android-" + versionName + "-" + version;
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                //
-            }
-        }
-        return clientVersion;
-    }
-
     public JSONObject postSync(JSONArray data, MultipartEntity entity, String token) throws IOException,
     ActFmServiceException {
         try {
@@ -216,10 +196,6 @@ public class ActFmInvoker {
             entity.addPart("data", new StringBody(data.toString()));
             entity.addPart("time", new StringBody(timeString));
 
-            String version = getClientVersion();
-            if (version != null)
-                entity.addPart("client_version", new StringBody(version));
-
             String response = restClient.post(request, entity);
             JSONObject object = new JSONObject(response);
 
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncThread.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncThread.java
index 09c869a2c..b5da5ea9d 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncThread.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncThread.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import org.json.JSONObject;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.ProgressBar;
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ import com.todoroo.astrid.data.TaskListMetadataOutstanding;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.TaskOutstanding;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.User;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.UserActivity;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.utility.Constants;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.widget.TasksWidget;
 
 public class ActFmSyncThread {
@@ -318,6 +321,8 @@ public class ActFmSyncThread {
                         continue;
                     }
 
+                    payload.put(0, getClientVersion());
+
                     try {
                         JSONObject response = actFmInvoker.postSync(payload, entity, token);
                         // process responses
@@ -401,6 +406,27 @@ public class ActFmSyncThread {
         }
     }
 
+    private String clientVersion = null;
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("nls")
+    private String getClientVersion() {
+        if (clientVersion == null) {
+            try {
+                PackageManager pm = ContextManager.getContext().getPackageManager();
+                PackageInfo pi = pm.getPackageInfo(Constants.PACKAGE, PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
+                JSONObject message = new JSONObject();
+                message.put(ClientToServerMessage.TYPE_KEY, "ClientVersion");
+                message.put("platform", "android");
+                message.put("versionName", pi.versionName);
+                message.put("versionCode", pi.versionCode);
+                clientVersion = message.toString();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                //
+            }
+        }
+        return clientVersion;
+    }
+
     public void repopulateQueueFromOutstandingTables() {
         syncLog("Constructing queue from outstanding tables"); //$NON-NLS-1$
         constructChangesHappenedFromOutstandingTable(Task.class, taskDao, taskOutstandingDao);