diff --git a/src/Controller/AppController.php b/src/Controller/AppController.php
index 334f923..28df320 100644
--- a/src/Controller/AppController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/AppController.php
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ class AppController extends Controller
         }
 
         $this->ACL->checkAccess();
+        $version = file_get_contents(ROOT . DS . 'src' . DS . 'VERSION.json');
+        $version = json_decode($version, true)['version'];
+        $this->set('cerebrate_version', $version);
         if (!$this->ParamHandler->isRest()) {
             $this->set('ajax', $this->request->is('ajax'));
             $this->request->getParam('prefix');
diff --git a/src/Controller/Component/CRUDComponent.php b/src/Controller/Component/CRUDComponent.php
index 02e3acb..9660d58 100644
--- a/src/Controller/Component/CRUDComponent.php
+++ b/src/Controller/Component/CRUDComponent.php
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ use Cake\Database\Expression\QueryExpression;
 use Cake\Routing\Router;
 use Cake\Http\Exception\MethodNotAllowedException;
 use Cake\Http\Exception\NotFoundException;
+use Cake\Http\Exception\BadRequestException;
 use Cake\Collection\Collection;
 use App\Utility\UI\IndexSetting;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\InvalidTag;
 
 class CRUDComponent extends Component
 {
@@ -703,6 +705,9 @@ class CRUDComponent extends Component
     private function __massageInput($params)
     {
         $input = $this->request->getData();
+        if (empty($input)) {
+            throw new BadRequestException(__('Invalid request content. Please make sure that you pass the data to be handled in the body and that the proper Accept and Content-type headers are set. This could also be caused by invalid JSON data being passed.'));
+        }
         if (!empty($params['override'])) {
             foreach ($params['override'] as $field => $value) {
                 $input[$field] = $value;
diff --git a/src/VERSION.json b/src/VERSION.json
index 3fd4db5..d14f978 100644
--- a/src/VERSION.json
+++ b/src/VERSION.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "version": "1.23",
+    "version": "1.24",
     "application": "Cerebrate"
 }
diff --git a/templates/element/layouts/header/header-right.php b/templates/element/layouts/header/header-right.php
index 92686c6..34a83d1 100644
--- a/templates/element/layouts/header/header-right.php
+++ b/templates/element/layouts/header/header-right.php
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 <div class="d-flex">
+    <div class="global-search-container d-md-block d-none me-4">
+        <span><a style="text-decoration: none" class="link-light" href="https://cerebrate-project.org">Cerebrate</a> <a style="text-decoration: none" class="link-light" href="https://github.com/cerebrate-project/cerebrate/releases/tag/v<?= h($cerebrate_version) ?>">v<?= h($cerebrate_version) ?></a></span>
+    </div>
     <div class="global-search-container d-md-block d-none">
         <span class="search-input-container">
             <input type="text" class="form-control d-inline-block" id="globalSearch" placeholder="<?= __('Search in Cerebrate...') ?>">