diff --git a/bin/etherpump b/bin/etherpump
index 3cf1e76..9161e4f 100755
--- a/bin/etherpump
+++ b/bin/etherpump
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-from __future__ import print_function
+from etherpump import VERSION
 import sys
 
 usage = """Usage:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ try:
         print(usage)
         sys.exit(0)
     elif any(arg in args for arg in ['--version', '-v']):
-        print('etherpump 0.0.1')
+        print('etherpump {}'.format(VERSION))
         sys.exit(0)
 
 except IndexError:
diff --git a/etherpump/__init__.py b/etherpump/__init__.py
index e65acc9..459974c 100644
--- a/etherpump/__init__.py
+++ b/etherpump/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 import os
 
 DATAPATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "data")
+VERSION  = '0.0.1'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ca6a84c..875e71e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+from etherpump import VERSION
 from distutils.core import setup
 import os
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ def find(p, d):
 
 setup(
     name='etherpump',
-    version='0.0.1',
+    version=VERSION,
     author='Varia members',
     author_email='info@varia.zone',
     packages=['etherpump', 'etherpump.commands'],