diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index 948aea87..d0aaa3c8 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -3221,6 +3221,14 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "pkg-up": {
+      "version": "3.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pkg-up/-/pkg-up-3.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nDywThFk1i4BQK4twPQ6TA4RT8bDY96yeuCVBWL3ePARCiEKDRSrNGbFIgUJpLp+XeIR65v8ra7WuJOFUBtkMA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "find-up": "^3.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "plur": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/plur/-/plur-4.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 08212866..ea43b080 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     "passport": "^0.4.0",
     "passport-custom": "^1.0.5",
     "passport-oauth2": "^1.5.0",
+    "pkg-up": "^3.1.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.12",
     "regexp-worker": "^1.1.0",
     "safe-regex": "^2.0.2",
diff --git a/backend/src/paths.ts b/backend/src/paths.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad5dfed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/paths.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import path from "path";
+import pkgUp from "pkg-up";
+
+const backendPackageJson = pkgUp.sync({
+  cwd: __dirname,
+});
+
+export const backendDir = path.dirname(backendPackageJson);
+export const rootDir = path.resolve(backendDir, "..");
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Utility/commands/AboutCmd.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Utility/commands/AboutCmd.ts
index 592dce23..7f6fd354 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Utility/commands/AboutCmd.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Utility/commands/AboutCmd.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import humanizeDuration from "humanize-duration";
 import LCL from "last-commit-log";
 import path from "path";
 import moment from "moment-timezone";
-import { getGuildTz } from "../../../utils/timezones";
+import { getGuildTz, inGuildTz } from "../../../utils/timezones";
+import { rootDir } from "../../../paths";
+import { getDateFormat } from "../../../utils/dateFormats";
 
 export const AboutCmd = utilityCmd({
   trigger: "about",
@@ -20,9 +22,7 @@ export const AboutCmd = utilityCmd({
     let lastCommit;
 
     try {
-      // From project root
-      // FIXME: Store these paths properly somewhere
-      const lcl = new LCL(path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "..", ".."));
+      const lcl = new LCL(rootDir);
       lastCommit = await lcl.getLastCommit();
     } catch (e) {} // tslint:disable-line:no-empty
 
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ export const AboutCmd = utilityCmd({
     let version;
 
     if (lastCommit) {
-      lastUpdate = moment.utc(lastCommit.committer.date, "X").format("LL [at] H:mm z");
+      lastUpdate = inGuildTz(pluginData, moment.utc(lastCommit.committer.date, "X")).format(
+        getDateFormat(pluginData, "pretty_datetime"),
+      );
       version = lastCommit.shortHash;
     } else {
       lastUpdate = "?";