diff --git a/hyperop/__init__.py b/hyperop/__init__.py
index 6513d28..92def4c 100644
--- a/hyperop/__init__.py
+++ b/hyperop/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from ._version import __version__
 from .hyperop import hyperop, bounded_hyperop
 
-__all__ = ['hyperop', 'bounded_hyperop']
+__all__ = ['hyperop', 'bounded_hyperop', '__version__']
diff --git a/hyperop/_version.py b/hyperop/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f901408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyperop/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "1.1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 283b1dc..b9550d0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-import os
 from setuptools import setup
 
+# Load the version string
+exec(open('hyperop/_version.py').read())
+
 setup(
     name="hyperop",
     packages=['hyperop'],
-    version="1.0",
-    download_url = 'https://github.com/thoppe/python-hyperoperators/tarball/1.0',
+    version=__version__,
+    download_url='https://github.com/thoppe/python-hyperoperators/tarball/1.0',
     author="Travis Hoppe",
     author_email="travis.hoppe+hyperop@gmail.com",
     description=(
         "Hyperoperators (succession, addition, multiplication, exponentiation, tetration and higher) in python."),
     license = "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License",
-    keywords = ["math","hyperoperators","uparrow","large-numbers",],
+    keywords = ["math", "hyperoperators", "uparrow", "large-numbers", ],
     url="https://github.com/thoppe/python-hyperoperators",
     test_suite="tests",
 )
diff --git a/tests/hyperop_test.py b/tests/hyperop_test.py
index 9b16be5..f68a808 100644
--- a/tests/hyperop_test.py
+++ b/tests/hyperop_test.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import itertools
 import math
 import operator
+import hyperop as hyperop_lib
 from hyperop import hyperop, bounded_hyperop
 
 testing_values = range(1, 15)
@@ -159,5 +160,11 @@ def test_special_case_a0(self):
                 for n in range(4, 15):
                     assert H[n](0, b) == (b % 2 == 0)
 
+
+class CheckMeta(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_VersionNumberExists(self):
+        hyperop_lib.__version__
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()