diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ae3a374..be5b814 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from sys import path
 from os.path import dirname
 
-import torrentSearch
+from version import __version__
 
 with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
   long_description = fh.read()
 
 setup(
     name='torrentSearch',
-    version=torrentSearch.__version__,
-    packages=find_packages(),
+    version=__version__,
     package_data={
         'torrentSearch': ['default_config.ini'],
     },
diff --git a/torrentSearch/__init__.py b/torrentSearch/__init__.py
index 04748ff..d5afcf7 100644
--- a/torrentSearch/__init__.py
+++ b/torrentSearch/__init__.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ from sys import path
 from os.path import dirname
 path.append(dirname(__file__))
 
-__version__ = '0.2'
-
 import logging
 from utils import ColorizeFilter
 ch = logging.StreamHandler()
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8ea336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+__version__ = '0.3'