diff --git a/datadb/__init__.py b/datadb/__init__.py
index e69de29..f102a9c 100755
--- a/datadb/__init__.py
+++ b/datadb/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f57f417..af41185 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 from setuptools import setup
 
-__version__ = "0.0.0"
+from datadb import __version__
 
 setup(name='datadb',
     version=__version__,