diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a416379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<Project>
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <Version>1.0.0.1</Version>
+        <Authors>Aptivi</Authors>
+        <Company>Aptivi</Company>
+        <Copyright>Copyright (c) 2024 Aptivi</Copyright>
+        <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
+        <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
+        <SignAssembly>True</SignAssembly>
+        <RootPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</RootPath>
+        <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(RootPath)\aptivi_snk.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
+        <EmbedUntrackedSources>true</EmbedUntrackedSources>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/FileMagic.Console/FileMagic.Console.csproj b/FileMagic.Console/FileMagic.Console.csproj
index af68a66..f699050 100644
--- a/FileMagic.Console/FileMagic.Console.csproj
+++ b/FileMagic.Console/FileMagic.Console.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
-    <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -14,4 +13,8 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\FileMagic\FileMagic.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Remove="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/FileMagic.Native/FileMagic.Native.csproj b/FileMagic.Native/FileMagic.Native.csproj
index db929f3..1d20307 100644
--- a/FileMagic.Native/FileMagic.Native.csproj
+++ b/FileMagic.Native/FileMagic.Native.csproj
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
-    <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
     <PackageId>FileMagic.Native</PackageId>
-    <Authors>Aptivi</Authors>
     <Title>FileMagic.Native</Title>
     <PackageDescription>libmagic native library wrapper for C#</PackageDescription>
     <PackageTags>FileMagic;native;runtime;csharp;library</PackageTags>
@@ -18,10 +16,6 @@
     <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/Aptivi/FileMagic.git</RepositoryUrl>
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
-    <Version>1.0.0.1</Version>
-    <SignAssembly>True</SignAssembly>
-    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\aptivi_snk.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
-    <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -45,13 +39,7 @@
     <None Include="..\README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
-    <EmbedUntrackedSources>true</EmbedUntrackedSources>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <PackageReference Include="NativeLand" Version="1.0.1" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'" />
     <PackageReference Include="SpecProbe.Software" Version="1.4.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/FileMagic.Tests/FileMagic.Tests.csproj b/FileMagic.Tests/FileMagic.Tests.csproj
index fa87bb0..d9c63b1 100644
--- a/FileMagic.Tests/FileMagic.Tests.csproj
+++ b/FileMagic.Tests/FileMagic.Tests.csproj
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
-    <SignAssembly>True</SignAssembly>
-    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\aptivi_snk.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -15,4 +13,8 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\FileMagic\FileMagic.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Remove="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/FileMagic/FileMagic.csproj b/FileMagic/FileMagic.csproj
index 36a76b5..274b60d 100644
--- a/FileMagic/FileMagic.csproj
+++ b/FileMagic/FileMagic.csproj
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@
     <PackageId>FileMagicManaged</PackageId>
     <PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>true</PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>True</GenerateDocumentationFile>
-    <Version>1.0.0.1</Version>
-    <Authors>Aptivi</Authors>
     <Description>FileMagic is a file type guesser library wrapper for libmagic from the file utility found in Unix and Linux.</Description>
-    <Copyright>Copyright © 2024 Aptivi</Copyright>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>GPL-3.0-or-later</PackageLicenseExpression>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/Aptivi/FileMagic</PackageProjectUrl>
     <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
@@ -21,10 +18,7 @@
     <PackageTags>hardware, information</PackageTags>
     <DisableImplicitNamespaceImports>true</DisableImplicitNamespaceImports>
     <EnableNETAnalyzers>false</EnableNETAnalyzers>
-    <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <SignAssembly>True</SignAssembly>
-    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\aptivi_snk.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -43,15 +37,6 @@
     <None Include="OfficialAppIcon-FileMagic-512.png" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
-    <EmbedUntrackedSources>true</EmbedUntrackedSources>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\FileMagic.Native\FileMagic.Native.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tools/docgen-pack.cmd b/tools/docgen-pack.cmd
index eafff60..28e3a14 100644
--- a/tools/docgen-pack.cmd
+++ b/tools/docgen-pack.cmd
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 @echo off
 
 REM This script builds KS documentation and packs the artifacts. Use when you have VS installed.
-for /f "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%f in (`type version`) do set ksversion=%%f
+for /f "tokens=*" %%g in ('findstr "<Version>" ..\Directory.Build.props') do (set MIDVER=%%g)
+for /f "tokens=1 delims=<" %%a in ("%MIDVER:~9%") do (set ksversion=%%a)
 
 :pack
 echo Packing documentation...
diff --git a/tools/docgen-pack.sh b/tools/docgen-pack.sh
index 7ac1782..3eea554 100644
--- a/tools/docgen-pack.sh
+++ b/tools/docgen-pack.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # This script builds KS and packs the artifacts. Use when you have MSBuild installed.
-ksversion=$(cat version)
+ksversion=$(grep "<Version>" ../Directory.Build.props | cut -d "<" -f 2 | cut -d ">" -f 2)
 
 # Check for dependencies
 zippath=`which zip`
diff --git a/tools/version b/tools/version
deleted file mode 100644
index 53afb9e..0000000
--- a/tools/version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.0.0.1