diff --git a/wireviz_gui/__init__.py b/wireviz_gui/__init__.py
index b794fd4..1391986 100644
--- a/wireviz_gui/__init__.py
+++ b/wireviz_gui/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.1.0'
+from wireviz_gui.version import __version__
diff --git a/wireviz_gui/version.py b/wireviz_gui/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b794fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wireviz_gui/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '0.1.0'