diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 25e4661f4..449856012 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel", "oldest-supported-numpy"] 
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "reacnetgenerator/_version.py"
+fallback_version = "Unknown"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/reacnetgenerator/_version.py b/reacnetgenerator/_version.py
index 7a6f41f18..976d3f47b 100644
--- a/reacnetgenerator/_version.py
+++ b/reacnetgenerator/_version.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 try:
     __version__ = get_distribution('reacnetgenerator').version
 except DistributionNotFound:
-    __version__ = ''
+    __version__ = 'Unknown'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b7c5a29ec..447c06b98 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ def readme():
               'reacnetgeneratorgui=reacnetgenerator.gui:gui'
           ]
           },
-          test_suite='reacnetgenerator.test',
           tests_require=tests_require,
           extras_require={
               "test": tests_require,
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ def readme():
                 'sphinx-favicon',
               ],
           },
-          use_scm_version=os.path.exists(os.path.join(this_directory, ".git")),
+          use_scm_version=True,
           setup_requires=[
               'setuptools>=18.0',
               'setuptools_scm',
@@ -165,5 +164,4 @@ def readme():
               "build_py": BuildPyCommand,
               "build_ext": BuildExtCommand,
           },
-          version="1.0.0",
           )