diff --git a/pydala/__init__.py b/pydala/__init__.py
index e69de29..b4f2567 100644
--- a/pydala/__init__.py
+++ b/pydala/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import importlib.metadata
+
+__version__ = importlib.metadata.version("pydala2")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 99607a7..6ab76c7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [project]
-authors = [{name = "Volker L.", email = "ligno.blades@gmail.com"}]
+authors = [{ name = "Volker L.", email = "ligno.blades@gmail.com" }]
 dependencies = [
   "pyarrow>=12.0.1",
   "s3fs>=2023.6.0",
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "tqdm>=4.65.0",
   "joblib>=1.3.2",
   "pandas>=2.0.3",
-  "pendulum>=2.1.2", #"msgspec>=0.18.4",
+  "pendulum>=2.1.2",  #"msgspec>=0.18.4",
   "munch>=4.0.0",
   "sqlglot>=23.11.2",
   "sqlparse>=0.5.0",
@@ -18,20 +18,20 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 description = "poor man´s data lake"
 #homepage = "https://github.com/legout/pydala2"
-license = {text = "MIT"}
-name = "pydala2"
-readme = "README.md"
+license = { text = "MIT" }
+name    = "pydala2"
+readme  = "README.md"
 #repository = "https://github.com/legout/pydala2"
 requires-python = ">= 3.10"
-version = "0.9.6"
+version         = "0.9.7"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-legacy = ["polars-lts-cpu>=0.20.4"]
+legacy   = ["polars-lts-cpu>=0.20.4"]
 standard = ["polars>=0.20.4"]
 
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
-requires = ["hatchling==1.26.3", "hatch-vcs"]
+requires      = ["hatchling==1.26.3", "hatch-vcs"]
 
 # [build-system]
 # build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"