diff --git a/remi/__init__.py b/remi/__init__.py
index c4d041d9..74378e4f 100644
--- a/remi/__init__.py
+++ b/remi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,40 @@
-from .gui import Widget, Button, TextInput, \
-                 SpinBox, Label, GenericDialog, InputDialog, ListView, ListItem, DropDown, DropDownItem, \
-                 Image, Table, TableRow, TableItem, TableTitle, Input, Slider, ColorPicker, Date, GenericObject, \
-                 FileFolderNavigator, FileFolderItem, FileSelectionDialog, Menu, MenuItem, FileUploader, FileDownloader, VideoPlayer
+from .gui import (
+    Widget,
+    Button,
+    TextInput,
+    SpinBox,
+    Label,
+    GenericDialog,
+    InputDialog,
+    ListView,
+    ListItem,
+    DropDown,
+    DropDownItem,
+    Image,
+    Table,
+    TableRow,
+    TableItem,
+    TableTitle,
+    Input,
+    Slider,
+    ColorPicker,
+    Date,
+    GenericObject,
+    FileFolderNavigator,
+    FileFolderItem,
+    FileSelectionDialog,
+    Menu,
+    MenuItem,
+    FileUploader,
+    FileDownloader,
+    VideoPlayer,
+)
 
 from .server import App, Server, start
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+
+try:
+    __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
+except DistributionNotFound:
+    # package is not installed
+    pass
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 281ea259..7df2bb56 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,17 +6,18 @@
 with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
-setup(name='remi',
-    version='2020.08.06',
-    description='Python REMote Interface library',
+setup(
+    name="remi",
+    description="Python REMote Interface library",
+    use_scm_version=True,
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url='https://github.com/dddomodossola/remi',
-    download_url='https://github.com/dddomodossola/remi/archive/master.zip',
-    keywords=['gui-library','remi','platform-independent','ui','gui'],
-    author='Davide Rosa',
-    author_email='dddomodossola@gmail.com',
-    license='Apache',
+    url="https://github.com/dddomodossola/remi",
+    download_url="https://github.com/dddomodossola/remi/archive/master.zip",
+    keywords=["gui-library", "remi", "platform-independent", "ui", "gui"],
+    author="Davide Rosa",
+    author_email="dddomodossola@gmail.com",
+    license="Apache",
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
 )