diff --git a/arcade/__pyinstaller/hook-arcade.py b/arcade/__pyinstaller/hook-arcade.py
index ffe397ab2..0104a55e3 100644
--- a/arcade/__pyinstaller/hook-arcade.py
+++ b/arcade/__pyinstaller/hook-arcade.py
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
         arcade_path / "resources" / "system",
         "./arcade/resources/system",
     ),
+    (
+        arcade_path / "VERSION",
+        "./arcade/VERSION",
+    )
 ]
 
 if is_win:
diff --git a/arcade/version.py b/arcade/version.py
index ed014fff9..fa12b97d7 100644
--- a/arcade/version.py
+++ b/arcade/version.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ def _get_version():
         data = _rreplace(data, '-', '.', 1)
     except Exception:
         print(f"ERROR: Unable to load version number via '{my_path}'.")
-        print(f"Files in that directory: {os.listdir(my_path)}")
         data = "0.0.0"
 
     return data