diff --git a/netrender/ui.py b/netrender/ui.py
index 456e9a6c86ec76ffa848f643a331282265da5c26..f1d6283daf932bfe98203a69d35cd569da41abc0 100644
--- a/netrender/ui.py
+++ b/netrender/ui.py
@@ -558,11 +558,11 @@ class NetRenderSettings(bpy.types.PropertyGroup):
                         maxlen = 256,
                         default = "")
     
-        NetRenderSettings.vcs_system = StringProperty(
-                        name="VCS",
-                        description="Version Control System",
-                        maxlen = 64,
-                        default = "Subversion")
+        NetRenderSettings.vcs_system = EnumProperty(
+                                items= netrender.versioning.ITEMS,
+                                name="VCS mode",
+                                description="Version Control System",
+                                default=netrender.versioning.ITEMS[0][0])
     
         NetRenderSettings.job_id = StringProperty(
                         name="Network job id",
diff --git a/netrender/versioning.py b/netrender/versioning.py
index 31bb2f8b8292b729a9decce9081ef318a864a755..e88416cdffa3c4e795228f602332d64c372cdef9 100644
--- a/netrender/versioning.py
+++ b/netrender/versioning.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class AbstractVCS:
     
 class Subversion(AbstractVCS):
     name = "Subversion"
+    description = "Use the Subversion version control system"
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
         self.version_exp = re.compile("([0-9]*)") 
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ class Subversion(AbstractVCS):
 
 class Git(AbstractVCS):
     name = "Git"
+    description = "Use the Git distributed version control system"
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
         self.version_exp = re.compile("^commit (.*)") 
@@ -124,3 +126,9 @@ SYSTEMS = {
             Subversion.name: Subversion(),
             Git.name: Git()
            }
+
+ITEMS =  (
+          (Subversion.name, Subversion.name, Subversion.description),
+          (Git.name, Git.name, Git.description),
+          )
+