diff --git a/pymummer/__init__.py b/pymummer/__init__.py
index fe82375..dd7bf26 100644
--- a/pymummer/__init__.py
+++ b/pymummer/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+
+try:
+    __version__ = get_distribution('pymummer').version
+except:
+    __version__ = 'local'
+
+
 __all__ = [
     'alignment',
     'coords_file',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 150d9c4..8a4e483 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='pymummer',
-    version='0.7.0',
+    version='0.7.1',
     description='Wrapper for MUMmer',
     packages = find_packages(),
     author='Martin Hunt, Nishadi De Silva',