diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1b23d24..64cdccf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import pathlib
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+from mypackage.__version__ import __version__
+
 
 # The directory containing this file
 HERE = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ README = (HERE / "README.md").read_text()
 
 # This call to setup() does all the work
 setup(name="whisper-live",
-      version="0.0.6",
+      version=__version__,
       description="A nearly-live implementation of OpenAI's Whisper.",
       long_description=README,
       long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/whisper_live/__version__.py b/whisper_live/__version__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10ce742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/whisper_live/__version__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__="0.0.7"
\ No newline at end of file