diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e23936e..5c99ed2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ bids-examples
 report.txt
 
 # do not track _version.py for hatch
-bids/ext/reports/_version.py
+# bids/ext/reports/_version.py
 
 tmp.py
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e201c16..9f5ffbb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ build: ## builds source and wheel package
 	python -m build
 	twine check dist/*
 
-release: build ## package and upload a release
+release: ## package and upload a release
 	twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/bids/ext/reports/_version.py b/bids/ext/reports/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..615ac78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bids/ext/reports/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# file generated by setuptools_scm
+# don't change, don't track in version control
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import Tuple, Union
+
+    VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
+else:
+    VERSION_TUPLE = object
+
+version: str
+__version__: str
+__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
+version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
+
+__version__ = version = "0.1.0"
+__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 1, 0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 43b8d95..826b95b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ only-include = ["bids/ext/reports"]
 # recursive-include bids/ext/reports/config *.json
 # recursive-include bids/ext/reports/tests/data *
 
-
-[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
-version-file = "bids/ext/reports/_version.py"
+# [tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+# version-file = "bids/ext/reports/_version.py"
 
 [project]
 name = "pybids_reports"