diff --git a/django_pyvows/version.py b/django_pyvows/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a970be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_pyvows/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# django-pyvows extensions
+# https://github.com/rafaelcaricio/django-pyvows
+
+# Licensed under the MIT license:
+# http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Rafael Caricio rafael@caricio.com
+
+__version__ = (0, 1, 0)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4edad12..a4d73c0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
 # http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license
 # Copyright (c) 2011 Rafael Caricio rafael@caricio.com
 
+import os
 from setuptools import setup
-from django_pyvows import __version__
+from imp import load_source
+
+version = load_source('version', os.path.join("django_pyvows", "version.py"))
 
 setup(
     name = 'django-pyvows',
-    version = __version__,
+    version = '.'.join([str(item) for item in version.__version__]),
     description = "django-pyvows are pyvows extensions to django web framework.",
     long_description = """
 django-pyvows are pyvows extensions to django web framework.
diff --git a/vows/sandbox/__init__.py b/vows/sandbox/__init__.py
index f4f7773..2e71dd5 100644
--- a/vows/sandbox/__init__.py
+++ b/vows/sandbox/__init__.py
@@ -7,5 +7,3 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT license:
 # http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license
 # Copyright (c) 2011 Rafael Caricio rafael@caricio.com
-
-__version__ = '0.1.0'