diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ea94d0f..b76fc59 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import re
 
 
-VERSIONFILE = "src/eddn/__init__.py"
+VERSIONFILE = "src/eddn/_version.py"
 verstr = "unknown"
 try:
     verstrline = open(VERSIONFILE, "rt").read()
diff --git a/src/eddn/__init__.py b/src/eddn/__init__.py
index 0988857..e69de29 100644
--- a/src/eddn/__init__.py
+++ b/src/eddn/__init__.py
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__version__ = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/eddn/_version.py b/src/eddn/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0988857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/eddn/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/eddn/conf/Settings.py b/src/eddn/conf/Settings.py
index 755dc82..e345b29 100644
--- a/src/eddn/conf/Settings.py
+++ b/src/eddn/conf/Settings.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Created on 15 Nov 2014
 
 import simplejson
 import argparse
-from eddn import __version__ as version
+from eddn._version import __version__ as version
 
 
 class _Settings(object):