diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 3817d7b1..5341c4e0 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module.exports = {
         "no-unused-vars": "warn"
     },
     "globals": {
-        "HYDROGEN_VERSION": "readonly"
+        "HYDROGEN_VERSION": "readonly",
+        "HYDROGEN_GLOBAL_HASH": "readonly"
     }
 };
diff --git a/scripts/build-plugins/service-worker.js b/scripts/build-plugins/service-worker.js
index e7a77048..541fdcad 100644
--- a/scripts/build-plugins/service-worker.js
+++ b/scripts/build-plugins/service-worker.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function contentHash(str) {
     return hasher.digest();
 }
 
-module.exports = function injectServiceWorker(swFile, otherUncachedFiles) {
+module.exports = function injectServiceWorker(swFile, otherUncachedFiles, globalHashChunkReplaceMap) {
     const swName = path.basename(swFile);
     let root;
     let version;
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ module.exports = function injectServiceWorker(swFile, otherUncachedFiles) {
             const globalHash = getBuildHash(cachedFileNames, uncachedFileContentMap);
             const sw = bundle[swName];
             sw.code = replaceConstsInServiceWorker(sw.code, version, globalHash, assets);
+            replaceGlobalHashPlaceholderInChunks(assets, globalHashChunkReplaceMap, globalHash);
             console.log(`\nBuilt ${version} (${globalHash})`);
         }
     };
@@ -115,3 +116,14 @@ function replaceConstsInServiceWorker(swSource, version, globalHash, assets) {
     swSource = replaceStringInSource("NOTIFICATION_BADGE_ICON", assets.find(a => a.name === "icon.png").fileName);
     return swSource;
 }
+
+function replaceGlobalHashPlaceholderInChunks(assets, globalHashChunkReplaceMap, globalHash) {
+    for (const [name, placeholder] of Object.entries(globalHashChunkReplaceMap)) {
+        const chunk = assets.find(a => a.type === "chunk" && a.name === name);
+        if (!chunk) {
+            throw new Error(`could not find chunk ${name} to replace global hash placeholder`);
+        }
+        console.log(placeholder, globalHash);
+        chunk.code = chunk.code.replaceAll(placeholder, `"${globalHash}"`);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/web/ui/login/common.js b/src/platform/web/ui/login/common.js
index 73da92c9..a247a2ba 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/ui/login/common.js
+++ b/src/platform/web/ui/login/common.js
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 export function hydrogenGithubLink(t) {
-    if (HYDROGEN_VERSION) {
+    if (HYDROGEN_VERSION && HYDROGEN_GLOBAL_HASH) {
         return t.a({target: "_blank",
             href: `https://github.com/vector-im/hydrogen-web/releases/tag/v${HYDROGEN_VERSION}`},
-            `Hydrogen v${HYDROGEN_VERSION} (${window.HYDROGEN_GLOBAL_HASH}) on Github`);
+            `Hydrogen v${HYDROGEN_VERSION} (${HYDROGEN_GLOBAL_HASH}) on Github`);
     } else {
         return t.a({target: "_blank", href: "https://github.com/vector-im/hydrogen-web"},
             "Hydrogen on Github");
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index ef41babf..9a4e66f9 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const flexbugsFixes = require("postcss-flexbugs-fixes");
 
 const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
+const GLOBAL_HASH_PLACEHOLDER = "hydrogen-global-hash-placeholder-4cf32306-5d61-4262-9a57-c9983f472c3c";
 
 const injectWebManifest = require("./scripts/build-plugins/manifest");
 const injectServiceWorker = require("./scripts/build-plugins/service-worker");
@@ -50,10 +51,14 @@ export default {
         // important this comes before service worker
         // otherwise the manifest and the icons it refers to won't be cached
         injectWebManifest("assets/manifest.json"),
-        injectServiceWorker("./src/platform/web/sw.js", ["index.html"]),
+        injectServiceWorker("./src/platform/web/sw.js", ["index.html"], {
+            // replace global hash placeholder in index chunk
+            "index": JSON.stringify(GLOBAL_HASH_PLACEHOLDER)
+        }),
     ],
     define: {
-        "HYDROGEN_VERSION": JSON.stringify(version)
+        "HYDROGEN_VERSION": JSON.stringify(version),
+        "HYDROGEN_GLOBAL_HASH": JSON.stringify(GLOBAL_HASH_PLACEHOLDER)
     },
     css: {
         postcss: {