diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7081e010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+include redcap_bridge/VERSION
+include README.md
+include requirements.txt
+global-include redcap_bridge/template_parts/*
diff --git a/VERSION b/redcap_bridge/VERSION
similarity index 100%
rename from VERSION
rename to redcap_bridge/VERSION
diff --git a/redcap_bridge/__init__.py b/redcap_bridge/__init__.py
index e69de29b..1e023da0 100644
--- a/redcap_bridge/__init__.py
+++ b/redcap_bridge/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import os.path
+# Extract central version information
+with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "VERSION")) as version_file:
+    version = version_file.read().strip()
+
+__version__ = version
+__licence__ = 'MIT'
diff --git a/redcap_bridge/project_building.py b/redcap_bridge/project_building.py
index f10c78b3..f611165f 100644
--- a/redcap_bridge/project_building.py
+++ b/redcap_bridge/project_building.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def build_project(project_csv, output_file=None, include_provenance=True):
 
             # collect provenance infos
             diglabtools_hash, diglabtools_state = get_repo_state(redcap_bridge_dir.parent)
-            diglabtools_version = open(redcap_bridge_dir.parent / 'VERSION').read()
+            diglabtools_version = open(redcap_bridge_dir / 'VERSION').read()
             project_conf_repo_hash, project_conf_repo_state = get_repo_state(project_csv)
 
             if not diglabtools_state:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5a6088a5..3569b981 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import os
 
 # Extract central version information
-with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "VERSION")) as version_file:
+with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "redcap_bridge/VERSION")) as version_file:
     version = version_file.read().strip()
 
 with open('requirements.txt') as f:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         # If any package contains *.json or *.csv files, include them:
         "": ["*.json", '*.csv', '*.zip'],
     },
-    data_files=[('.', ['VERSION', 'README.md', 'requirements.txt'])],
+    data_files=[('DigLabTools', ['redcap_bridge/VERSION', 'README.md', 'requirements.txt'])],
     author="Julia Sprenger, Jeremy Garcia",
     description="Tools to interact with the DigLab metadata collection standard",
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",