diff --git a/src/gnucash_web/__init__.py b/src/gnucash_web/__init__.py
index a2c39cd..e19ea32 100644
--- a/src/gnucash_web/__init__.py
+++ b/src/gnucash_web/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from flask.cli import FlaskGroup
 import click
 
-from . import auth, book, commodities, __version__
+from . import auth, book, commodities
 from .utils import jinja as jinja_utils
 from .config import GnuCashWebConfig
 
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ def create_app(test_config=None):
     app.jinja_env.filters['nth'] = jinja_utils.nth
     app.jinja_env.globals['is_authenticated'] = auth.is_authenticated
 
-    app.jinja_env.globals['pkg_version'] = __version__.VERSION
+    with open('gnucash_web/version.txt') as version:
+        app.jinja_env.globals['pkg_version'] = version.read().strip()
 
     app.register_blueprint(auth.bp)
     app.register_blueprint(book.bp)
diff --git a/src/gnucash_web/__version__.py b/src/gnucash_web/__version__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f6518e..0000000
--- a/src/gnucash_web/__version__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-VERSION = '0.1.0'
diff --git a/src/gnucash_web/version.txt b/src/gnucash_web/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e8bf73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gnucash_web/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.1.0
diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
index dac2036..a2f5dbf 100755
--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #!python
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from os.path import exists
-from gnucash_web import __version__
+import pathlib
 
 readme = open('README.md') if exists('README.md') else open('../README.md')
+version = open('gnucash_web/version.txt')
 
 setup(
     name='GnuCash Web',
-    version=__version__.VERSION,
+    version=version.read().strip(),
     author='Joshua Bachmeier',
     author_email='joshua@bachmeier.cc',
     description='A simple, easy to use, mobile-friendly webinterface for GnuCash intended for self-hosting',