diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cf5b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+language: python
+python:
+    - 2.7
+install:
+    - pip install -e .
+    - pip install coveralls
+script:
+    - python setup.py test --coverage --pep8 --flakes
+    - coverage run --source=pylmod setup.py test
+after_success:
+    coveralls
diff --git a/pylmod/__init__.py b/pylmod/__init__.py
index 7554ab2..51142f2 100644
--- a/pylmod/__init__.py
+++ b/pylmod/__init__.py
@@ -2,9 +2,24 @@
 """
 PyLmod is a module that implements MIT Learning Modules API in python
 """
+import os.path
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
 
 from pylmod.client import Client
 from pylmod.stellargradebook import StellarGradeBook
-VERSION = "0.1.0"  # pragma: no cover
+
+try:
+    _dist = get_distribution('pylmod')
+    # Normalize case for Windows systems
+    dist_loc = os.path.normcase(_dist.location)
+    here = os.path.normcase(__file__)
+    if not here.startswith(os.path.join(dist_loc, 'pylmod')):
+        # not installed, but there is another version that *is*
+        raise DistributionNotFound
+except DistributionNotFound:
+    __version__ = 'Please install this project with setup.py'
+else:
+    __version__ = _dist.version
+
 
 __all__ = ['Client', 'StellarGradeBook', ]
diff --git a/pylmod/tests/__init__.py b/pylmod/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pylmod/tests/test_module.py b/pylmod/tests/test_module.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b2fa94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pylmod/tests/test_module.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Testing of the module level stuff itself
+"""
+import unittest
+
+import semantic_version
+
+
+class TestModule(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    Test core module features, like asserting the version
+    and making sure we are exposing our classes
+    """
+
+    def test_version(self):
+        """
+        Verify we have a valid semantic version
+        """
+        import pylmod
+        semantic_version.Version(pylmod.__version__)
+
+    def test_client_classes(self):
+        """
+        Assert that Client is available from the base module
+        """
+        import pylmod
+        self.assertTrue('Client' in dir(pylmod))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3ee994c..49ad802 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 
 import sys
 
-from setuptools import setup
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from setuptools.command.test import test as testcommand
 
+with open('test_requirements.txt') as test_reqs:
+    tests_require = test_reqs.readlines(),
+
 
 class PyTest(testcommand):
     user_options = testcommand.user_options[:]
@@ -47,35 +50,28 @@ def run_tests(self):
         sys.exit(errno)
 
 
-extra = dict(test_suite="pylmod.tests",
-             tests_require=["pytest-cov>=1.8.0", "pytest-pep8>=1.0.6",
-                            "pytest-flakes>=0.2", "pytest>=2.6.3",
-                            "pyflakes>=0.8.1", "pytest-cache>=1.0",
-                            "httpretty>=0.8.3", "semantic_version>=2.3.1",
-                            ],
-             cmdclass={"test": PyTest},
-             install_requires=["requests>=2.5.1", ],
-             include_package_data=True,
-             zip_safe=True)
-
-VERSION = __import__('pylmod').VERSION
-
 README = open('README.rst').read()
 
 setup(
     name='pylmod',
-    version=VERSION,
+    version='0.1.0',
     license='BSD',
     author='MIT ODL Engineering',
     author_email='odl-engineering@mit.edu',
     url="http://github.com/mitodl/pylmod",
     description="PyLmod is a Python Implementation of MIT Learning Modules",
     long_description=README,
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    install_requires=["requests>=2.5.1", ],
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'Intended Audience :: Education',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
     ],
-    **extra
+    test_suite="pylmod.tests",
+    tests_require=tests_require,
+    cmdclass={"test": PyTest},
+    include_package_data=True,
+    zip_safe=True,
 )
diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b757493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+pytest-cov>=1.8.0
+pytest-pep8>=1.0.6,
+pytest-flakes>=0.2,
+pytest>=2.6.3,
+pyflakes>=0.8.1,
+pytest-cache>=1.0,
+httpretty>=0.8.3,
+semantic_version>=2.3.1