diff --git a/pyelevator/__init__.py b/pyelevator/__init__.py
index d6bdaa9..dc8188b 100644
--- a/pyelevator/__init__.py
+++ b/pyelevator/__init__.py
@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@
 #
 # See the file LICENSE for copying permission.
 
-version = (0, "5c")
+from version import version, __version__
 
 __title__ = "py-elevator"
 __author__ = "Oleiade"
 __license__ = "MIT"
 
-__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version))
-
 from .client import Elevator
 from .batch import WriteBatch
diff --git a/pyelevator/version.py b/pyelevator/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cbe0e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyelevator/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+version = (0, "5c")
+__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 92873c3..3d43b0d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import os
+import imp
 from setuptools import setup
 
 root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
-version = __import__('pyelevator').__version__
+version = imp.load_source('', 'pyelevator/version.py').__version__
 
 with open(os.path.join(root, 'README.rst')) as f:
     README = f.read()
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
     version=version,
     license='MIT',
 
-    description = 'Python client for on-disk key/value database Elevator',
+    description='Python client for on-disk key/value database Elevator',
     long_description=README,
 
     author='Oleiade',