diff --git a/contrib/packager.io/functions.sh b/contrib/packager.io/functions.sh
index a08a9f0999..9ade8d1dc8 100755
--- a/contrib/packager.io/functions.sh
+++ b/contrib/packager.io/functions.sh
@@ -120,6 +120,18 @@ function detect_local_env() {
     echo "# POI02| Printing local envs - after #++#"
     printenv
   fi
+
+  # Print branch and dir from VERSION file
+  if [ -f "${APP_HOME}/VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "# POI02| Loading environment variables from VERSION file"
+    content=$(cat "${APP_HOME}/VERSION")
+    # use grep to get the branch and target
+    INVENTREE_PKG_BRANCH=($(echo $content | grep -oP 'INVENTREE_PKG_BRANCH=\K[^ ]+'))
+    INVENTREE_PKG_TARGET=($(echo $content | grep -oP 'INVENTREE_PKG_TARGET=\K[^ ]+'))
+    echo "Running in a package environment build on branch $INVENTREE_PKG_BRANCH for target $INVENTREE_PKG_TARGET"
+  else
+    echo "# POI02| VERSION file not found"
+  fi
 }
 
 function detect_envs() {
diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
index 17c60cea60..1072090d19 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ BASE_DIR = config.get_base_dir()
 CONFIG = config.load_config_data(set_cache=True)
 
 # Load VERSION data if it exists
-version_file = BASE_DIR.parent.joinpath('VERSION')
+version_file = BASE_DIR.parent.parent.parent.joinpath('VERSION')
 if version_file.exists():
     print('load version from file')
     load_dotenv(version_file)