diff --git a/.github/workflows/cooker-selfhosted.yml b/.github/workflows/cooker-selfhosted.yml
index 1465112e..c68993d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cooker-selfhosted.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cooker-selfhosted.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           word2=$(curl -s https://random-word-api.herokuapp.com/word?length=5 | tr -d '[]"')
           capitalized_word2="$(tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' <<< ${word2:0:1})${word2:1}"
           result=$capitalized_word1$capitalized_word2
-          echo $result >> ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/buildid
+          echo $result > ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/buildid
           ls -lah ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}         # DEBUG
           cat ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/buildid     # DEBUG
           echo "buildid=$result" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg b/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg
index f3001422..2c28ed28 100644
--- a/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg
+++ b/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ hash^DOOMSHAPLACEHOLDER^https://buildbot.libretro.com/assets/cores/DOOM/Doom%20%
 hash^VITASHAPLACEHOLDER^https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K/releases/download/continuous/ubuntu-latest.zip
 hash^DUCKSTATIONSHAPLACEHOLDER^https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/download/preview/DuckStation-x64.AppImage
 latestcommit^UNIVERSALDYNAMICINPUTCOMMITPLACEHOLDER^https://github.com/Venomalia/UniversalDynamicInput^main
+outside_info^VERSIONPLACEHOLDER^${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/buildid
diff --git a/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh b/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh
index b02225c4..637c3f95 100644
--- a/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh
+++ b/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ do
       appimagehash=$(curl -sL "$appimageurl" | sha256sum | cut -d ' ' -f1)
       echo "AppImage hash found: $appimagehash"
       /bin/sed -i 's^'"HASHFOR$placeholder"'^'"$appimagehash"'^' $rd_manifest
+    elif [[ "$action" == "outside_info" ]]; then
+      if [[ "$url" = \$* ]]; then # If value is a reference to a variable name
+        eval url="$url"
+      fi
+      echo
+      echo "Placeholder text: $placeholder"
+      echo "Information being injected: $(cat $url)"
+      echo
+      /bin/sed -i 's^'"$placeholder"'^'"$(cat $url)"'^' $rd_manifest
     fi
   fi
 done < "$automation_task_list"