diff --git a/htmloutput/htmloutput.py b/htmloutput/htmloutput.py
index 6506263..581ef69 100644
--- a/htmloutput/htmloutput.py
+++ b/htmloutput/htmloutput.py
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ import traceback
 from nose.plugins import Plugin
 from xml.sax import saxutils
 
-__version__ = "0.0.1"
+import version
+__version__ = version.__version__
 
 class TemplateData(object):
     """
diff --git a/htmloutput/version.py b/htmloutput/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8023d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htmloutput/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '0.0.1'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78256a7..04d5c46 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import htmloutput.htmloutput
+import htmloutput.version
 import setuptools
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="nosehtmloutput",
-    version=htmloutput.htmloutput.__version__,
+    version=htmloutput.version.__version__,
     author='Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.',
     description="Nose plugin to produce test results in html.",
     license="Apache License, Version 2.0",