diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index 8ad556c11..f1247b511 100644
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
   <!-- - - - - - - - - -->
   <target name="revision-check">
     <!-- figure out the revision number -->
-    <loadfile srcfile="../todo.txt" property="revision">
+    <loadfile srcfile="revision" property="revision">
       <filterchain>
         <headfilter lines="1"/>
         <tokenfilter>
diff --git a/build/revision b/build/revision
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f5e025c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/revision
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1295
\ No newline at end of file