diff --git a/backupdb2/__init__.py b/backupdb2/__init__.py
index e69de29..3aa0d7b 100644
--- a/backupdb2/__init__.py
+++ b/backupdb2/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.0.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a868b76..28a817a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 
 from setuptools import setup
-
-
-__version__ = "0.0.0"
+from backupdb2 import __version__
 
 
 with open("requirements.txt") as f: