diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a13d59007..774b9f746 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.3.6 (06 May 2024)
+
+- Show first log file immediately (don't wait for fetching metadata for other logs)
+- Add `--version` CLI arg and `inspect info version` command for interogating version and runtime source path.
+- Fix: exclude `null` config values in output from `inspect info log-file`
+
 ## v0.3.5 (04 May 2024)
 
 - Fix issue with logs from S3 buckets in inspect view.
diff --git a/src/inspect_ai/_cli/info.py b/src/inspect_ai/_cli/info.py
index ba1a90038..9f4ed10a9 100644
--- a/src/inspect_ai/_cli/info.py
+++ b/src/inspect_ai/_cli/info.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+from json import dumps
+
 import click
 
+from inspect_ai import __version__
 from inspect_ai._util.constants import PKG_PATH
-from inspect_ai.log import read_eval_log
+from inspect_ai.log import eval_log_json, read_eval_log
 
 
 @click.group("info")
@@ -10,6 +13,22 @@ def info_command() -> None:
     return None
 
 
+@info_command.command("version")
+@click.option(
+    "--json",
+    type=bool,
+    is_flag=True,
+    default=False,
+    help="Output version and path info as JSON",
+)
+def version(json: bool) -> None:
+    if json:
+        print(dumps(dict(version=__version__, path=PKG_PATH.as_posix()), indent=2))
+    else:
+        print(f"version: {__version__}")
+        print(f"path: {PKG_PATH.as_posix()}")
+
+
 @info_command.command("log-file")
 @click.argument("path")
 @click.option(
@@ -22,7 +41,7 @@ def info_command() -> None:
 def log(path: str, header_only: bool) -> None:
     """Print log file contents."""
     log = read_eval_log(path, header_only=header_only)
-    print(log.model_dump_json(indent=2))
+    print(eval_log_json(log))
 
 
 @info_command.command("log-schema")
@@ -38,6 +57,6 @@ def log_types() -> None:
 
 
 def view_resource(file: str) -> str:
-    resource = PKG_PATH / "src" / "inspect_ai" / "_view" / "www" / file
+    resource = PKG_PATH / "_view" / "www" / file
     with open(resource, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         return f.read()
diff --git a/src/inspect_ai/_cli/main.py b/src/inspect_ai/_cli/main.py
index 40f822ef3..34c984bfa 100644
--- a/src/inspect_ai/_cli/main.py
+++ b/src/inspect_ai/_cli/main.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from inspect_ai._util.dotenv import init_dotenv
 
+from .. import __version__
 from .eval import eval_command
 from .info import info_command
 from .list import list_command
@@ -10,17 +11,25 @@
 
 
 @click.group(invoke_without_command=True)
+@click.option(
+    "--version",
+    type=bool,
+    is_flag=True,
+    default=False,
+    help="Print the Inspect version.",
+)
 @click.pass_context
-def inspect(
-    ctx: click.Context,
-) -> None:
+def inspect(ctx: click.Context, version: bool) -> None:
     # if this was a subcommand then allow it to execute
     if ctx.invoked_subcommand is not None:
         return
 
-    # if invoked as plain 'inspect' just print help and exit
-    click.echo(ctx.get_help())
-    ctx.exit()
+    if version:
+        print(__version__)
+        ctx.exit()
+    else:
+        click.echo(ctx.get_help())
+        ctx.exit()
 
 
 inspect.add_command(eval_command)
diff --git a/src/inspect_ai/_util/constants.py b/src/inspect_ai/_util/constants.py
index 90116b065..4e525bf36 100644
--- a/src/inspect_ai/_util/constants.py
+++ b/src/inspect_ai/_util/constants.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 PKG_AUTHOR = "UK AI Safety Institute"
 PKG_AUTHOR_DIR = "UK-AISI"
 PKG_NAME = Path(__file__).parent.parent.stem
-PKG_PATH = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent
+PKG_PATH = Path(__file__).parent.parent
 DEFAULT_EPOCHS = 1
 DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES = 5
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 120
diff --git a/src/inspect_ai/_view/www/App.mjs b/src/inspect_ai/_view/www/App.mjs
index 3aa285421..58ead8e51 100644
--- a/src/inspect_ai/_view/www/App.mjs
+++ b/src/inspect_ai/_view/www/App.mjs
@@ -22,11 +22,29 @@ export function App() {
   useEffect(() => {
     // Default select the first item
     let index = 0;
-
     setSelected(index);
   }, [logs]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  useEffect(async () => {
+    // Read header information for the logs
+    // and then update
+    const headerResults = await Promise.all(logs.files.map((file) => {
+        return eval_log(file.name, true).then((result) => {
+          return { file: file.name, result };
+        }).catch(() => { return undefined});
+    }));
+    
+    // Update the headers
+    const updatedHeaders = logHeaders;
+    for (const headerResult of headerResults) {
+      if (headerResult) {
+        updatedHeaders[headerResult.file] = headerResult.result;
+      }
+    }
+    setLogHeaders({ ...updatedHeaders });
+  }, [logs]);
+
+  useEffect(async () => {
     const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
 
     // Note whether we should default off canvas the sidebar
@@ -35,40 +53,21 @@ export function App() {
     // If the URL provides a task file, load that
     const logPath = urlParams.get("task_file");
     const loadLogs = logPath
-      ? () => {
+      ? async () => {
           setLogs({
             log_dir: "",
             files: [{ name: logPath }],
           });
         }
-      : () => {
-          eval_logs().then((logresult) => {
-            // Set the list of logs
-            setLogs(logresult);
+      : async () => {
+        // Set the list of logs
+          const logresult = await eval_logs();            
+          setLogs(logresult);
 
-            // Read header information for the logs
-            // and then update
-            const updatedHeaders = logHeaders;
-            Promise.all(
-              logresult.files.map(async (file) => {
-                try { 
-                  const result = await eval_log(file.name, true);
-                  return { file: file.name, result };
-                } catch { }
-              })
-            ).then((headerResults) => {
-              for (const headerResult of headerResults) {
-                if (headerResult) {
-                  updatedHeaders[headerResult.file] = headerResult.result;
-                }
-              }
-              setLogHeaders({ ...updatedHeaders });
-            });
-          });
         };
 
     // initial fetch of logs
-    loadLogs();
+    await loadLogs();
 
     // poll every 1s for events
     setInterval(() => {