diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fa21c50..903c84c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ def gen_packages_items():
     # See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/ for more information
     setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
     use_scm_version={
-        'write_to_template': '__version__ = "0.2"',
+        'write_to': 'wbia-whaleridgefindr/_version.py',
+        'write_to_template': '__version__ = "{version}"',
         'tag_regex': '^(?P<prefix>v)?(?P<version>[^\\+]+)(?P<suffix>.*)?$',
         'local_scheme': 'dirty-tag',
     },