diff --git a/vladiate/__init__.py b/vladiate/__init__.py
index ef26a7f..5f764a3 100644
--- a/vladiate/__init__.py
+++ b/vladiate/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 from vladiate.vlad import Vlad
-
-version = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/vladiate/main.py b/vladiate/main.py
index 850542e..b58cb3a 100644
--- a/vladiate/main.py
+++ b/vladiate/main.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import inspect
 import logging
 from optparse import OptionParser
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 logger = logging.getLogger("vlad_logger")
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ def main():
     parser, options, arguments = parse_options()
 
     if options.show_version:
-        print "Vladiate %s" % (vladiate.version, )
+        print "Vladiate %s" % (get_distribution('vladiate').version, )
         sys.exit(0)
 
     vladfile = find_vladfile(options.vladfile)