diff --git a/archivist/.gitignore b/archivist/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62891521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archivist/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+about.py
diff --git a/archivist/__init__.py b/archivist/__init__.py
index 2e46d504..03b55211 100644
--- a/archivist/__init__.py
+++ b/archivist/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 """Archivist SDK
-
-   WARNING: Do **not** edit directly
-   This file is auto-generated by ./scripts/version.sh
 """
-__version__ = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/scripts/version.sh b/scripts/version.sh
index 01cd033a..0acdf2c0 100755
--- a/scripts/version.sh
+++ b/scripts/version.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 #
 version=$(python3 setup.py --version)
 
-cat>archivist/__init__.py <<EOF
+cat>archivist/about.py <<EOF
 """Archivist SDK
 
    WARNING: Do **not** edit directly
-   This file is auto-generated by ./scripts/version.sh
+   This file is auto-generated by ./scripts/version.sh and is
+   not version controlled by git (ironically) as this would 
+   make the generated version from the tag 'dirty'
 """
 __version__ = "$version"
 EOF