diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index cc92c54b..6d29455d 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@ HISTORY
 2.0.0 (2015-01-xx)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
-pre-release v2.0.0-alpha-2
-++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+pre-release v2.0.0-alpha-3 (2015-xx-xx)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+- **Getting correct VoSeq version number** from ``HISTORY.rst``.
+
+pre-release v2.0.0-alpha-2 (2015-06-02)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
 - **Note** that it still needs the ability to generate datasets using
   the degenerated translations by Zwick et al, 2012.
diff --git a/voseq/voseq/settings/base.py b/voseq/voseq/settings/base.py
index c19a01c8..793193f2 100644
--- a/voseq/voseq/settings/base.py
+++ b/voseq/voseq/settings/base.py
@@ -158,8 +158,21 @@
 # so that you can show Google Maps in your voucher pages.
 GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY = 'fake api key'
 
+
 # This VoSeq version
-VERSION = '2.0.0'
+def get_version():
+    if os.path.isfile('HISTORY.rst'):
+        with open('HISTORY.rst', 'r') as handle:
+            lines = handle.readlines()
+        for line in lines:
+            if 'xx' in line:
+                continue
+            elif 'Version' in line or 'release' in line.lower():
+                return line
+    else:
+        return 'xyz'
+VERSION = get_version()
+
 
 TESTING = False