diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a87eed53..1af61294 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Version 0.8.9 For Dev-C++ 7 Beta
+ - fix: text color of labels in statusbar not correctly updated when change theme
+
 Version 0.8.8 For Dev-C++ 7 Beta
  - enhancement: drag & drop text in the editor
  - enhancement: auto calcuate caret line size basing on font size
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/RedPandaIDE.pro b/RedPandaIDE/RedPandaIDE.pro
index c3592332..a552b31b 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/RedPandaIDE.pro
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/RedPandaIDE.pro
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ HEADERS += \
     thememanager.h \
     todoparser.h \
     toolsmanager.h \
+    version.h \
     widgets/aboutdialog.h \
     widgets/bookmarkmodel.h \
     widgets/classbrowser.h \
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/compiler/projectcompiler.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/compiler/projectcompiler.cpp
index 0cefe35a..cfeb7cbd 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/compiler/projectcompiler.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/compiler/projectcompiler.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "../systemconsts.h"
 #include "../platform.h"
 #include "../editor.h"
+#include "../version.h"
 
 #include <QDir>
 
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
index 8c6058df..70ac0b22 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "widgets/darkfusionstyle.h"
 #include "problems/problemcasevalidator.h"
 #include "widgets/ojproblempropertywidget.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 #include <QCloseEvent>
 #include <QComboBox>
@@ -511,6 +512,10 @@ void MainWindow::applySettings()
     else
         QApplication::setStyle("fusion");
     qApp->setPalette(appTheme->palette());
+    //fix for qstatusbar bug
+    mFileEncodingStatus->setPalette(appTheme->palette());
+    mFileModeStatus->setPalette(appTheme->palette());
+    mFileInfoStatus->setPalette(appTheme->palette());
     updateEditorColorSchemes();
 
     QFont font(pSettings->environment().interfaceFont(),
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/systemconsts.h b/RedPandaIDE/systemconsts.h
index cecd1453..df92700d 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/systemconsts.h
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/systemconsts.h
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 #include <QStringList>
 
-#define DEVCPP_VERSION "beta.0.8.8"
-
 #define APP_SETTSINGS_FILENAME "redpandacpp.ini"
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
 #define GCC_PROGRAM     "gcc.exe"
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/utils.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/utils.cpp
index 4cb6e285..6132c124 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/utils.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/utils.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "editorlist.h"
 #include "editor.h"
 #include "project.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 const QByteArray GuessTextEncoding(const QByteArray& text){
     bool allAscii;
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/version.h b/RedPandaIDE/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..feae575c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef VERSION_H
+#define VERSION_H
+#include <QOBJECT>
+
+#define DEVCPP_VERSION "beta.0.8.9"
+
+#endif // VERSION_H
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/widgets/aboutdialog.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/widgets/aboutdialog.cpp
index 2f11ac5f..4999f53a 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/widgets/aboutdialog.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/widgets/aboutdialog.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "aboutdialog.h"
 #include "ui_aboutdialog.h"
 #include "../systemconsts.h"
+#include "../version.h"
+
 
 AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget *parent) :
     QDialog(parent),
@@ -8,9 +10,20 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget *parent) :
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
     ui->lblTitle->setText(ui->lblTitle->text() + tr("Version: ") + DEVCPP_VERSION);
+
+#ifdef  __GNUC__
     ui->lblContent->setText(ui->lblContent->text()
                             .arg(qVersion())
-                            .arg("GCC 10.3.0",__DATE__, __TIME__));
+                            .arg(QString("GCC %1.%2")
+                                 .arg(__GNUC__)
+                                 .arg(__GNUC_MINOR__)
+                                 ,__DATE__, __TIME__));
+#else
+    ui->lblContent->setText(ui->lblContent->text()
+                            .arg(qVersion())
+                            .arg("Non-GCC Compiler"
+                                 ,__DATE__, __TIME__));
+#endif
 }
 
 AboutDialog::~AboutDialog()