diff --git a/pymonitor/__init__.py b/pymonitor/__init__.py
index e69de29..f102a9c 100644
--- a/pymonitor/__init__.py
+++ b/pymonitor/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b0d039e..49e90bb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 from setuptools import setup
-
-__version__ = "0.0.1"
+from pymonitor import __version__
 
 setup(name='pymonitor',
     version=__version__,