diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index cbee5e0f2b4e28b037dfacfb31d50bfac2f4e117..09f16dd84c4df0968d2c6eca5ffb7b2410da61ec 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 - previous released packages where broken...
 
 ### release notes for 0.2.4
-- updated release notes
+- setting the user-agent string to 'sch/{version}' when interacting with the
+  Healthchecks API
 - got rid of outdated development section in the readme
diff --git a/sch/sch.py b/sch/sch.py
index 360a772a85ce44bd2228283a69244d343c0879ba..458a1549d01927e6658838aed7b9b8c8f169c6bc 100644
--- a/sch/sch.py
+++ b/sch/sch.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import requests
 import tzlocal
 from crontabs import CronTabs
 from ttictoc import TicToc
+from . import __version__
 
 HANDLER = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler('/dev/log')
 FORMATTER = logging.Formatter(
@@ -221,7 +222,10 @@ class Healthchecks:
     """
     def __init__(self, cred):
         self.cred = cred
-        self.auth_headers = {'X-Api-Key': self.cred.api_key}
+        self.auth_headers = {
+            'X-Api-Key': self.cred.api_key,
+            'User-Agent': 'sch/{version}'.format(version=__version__)
+            }
 
     def get_checks(self, query=''):
         """Returns a list of checks from the HC API"""