diff --git a/lib/std/core/env.c3 b/lib/std/core/env.c3
index f7d08cd68..acdfc17da 100644
--- a/lib/std/core/env.c3
+++ b/lib/std/core/env.c3
@@ -206,5 +206,6 @@ macro bool os_is_posix() @const
 }
 const String[] AUTHORS = $$AUTHORS;
 const String[] AUTHOR_EMAILS = $$AUTHOR_EMAILS;
+const String PROJECT_VERSION = $$PROJECT_VERSION;
 const BUILTIN_EXPECT_IS_DISABLED = $feature(DISABLE_BUILTIN_EXPECT);
 const BUILTIN_PREFETCH_IS_DISABLED = $feature(DISABLE_BUILTIN_PREFETCH);
diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index 0f041a9b2..1bbc99493 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - `$alignof`, `$offsetof` and `$nameof` can now be used in `$defined`.
 - Infer generic parameters lhs -> rhs: `List{int} x = list::NOHEAP`.
 - Unify generic and regular module namespace.
+- `env::PROJECT_VERSION` now returns the version in project.json.
 
 ### Fixes
 - Compiler assert with var x @noinit = 0 #2452
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 - Compile time switch over type would not correctly compare function pointer types.
 - Regression: Compiler segfault when assigning struct literal with too few members #2483
 - Fix compile time format check when the formatting string is a constant slice.
+- Compiler segfault for invalid e-mails in project.json. #2488
 
 ### Stdlib changes
 - Added generic `InterfaceList` to store a list of values that implement a specific interface
diff --git a/resources/testproject/src/hello_world.c3 b/resources/testproject/src/hello_world.c3
index ea9a2239f..8e74f2ff7 100644
--- a/resources/testproject/src/hello_world.c3
+++ b/resources/testproject/src/hello_world.c3
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extern fn void printf(char *, ...);
 
 fn int main()
 {
-    printf("Hello World!\n");
+    printf("Hello World %s!\n", env::PROJECT_VERSION);
     printf("Authors:");
     io::printn(env::AUTHORS);
     printf("Author emails:");
diff --git a/src/build/project.c b/src/build/project.c
index 2e7899c72..e0df5e42d 100644
--- a/src/build/project.c
+++ b/src/build/project.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static void load_into_build_target(BuildParseContext context, JSONObject *json,
 			if (email_start)
 			{
 				const char *end = strstr(email_start + 1, ">");
-				if (!end || end[1] != 0 || email_start + 1 == end) error_exit("Error reading %s: invalid author format '%s'", author);
+				if (!end || end[1] != 0 || email_start + 1 == end) error_exit("Error reading %s: invalid author format '%s', expected an e-mail address between '< >'.", context.file, author);
 				const char *email = str_trim(str_copy(email_start + 1, end - email_start - 1));
 				AuthorEntry entry = { str_trim(str_copy(author, email_start - author)), email };
 				vec_add(author_list, entry);
diff --git a/src/compiler/compiler.c b/src/compiler/compiler.c
index ea252d316..4250a63e8 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compiler.c
+++ b/src/compiler/compiler.c
@@ -1518,6 +1518,7 @@ void compile()
 	}
 	setup_define("AUTHORS", expr_names);
 	setup_define("AUTHOR_EMAILS", expr_emails);
+	setup_string_define("PROJECT_VERSION", compiler.build.version);
 	type_init_cint();
 	compiler_init_time = bench_mark();