diff --git a/py_utilities/__init__.py b/py_utilities/__init__.py
index 2f724b3..27a5390 100644
--- a/py_utilities/__init__.py
+++ b/py_utilities/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 __title__ = 'py_utilities'
 __version__ = '{0.major}.{0.minor}.{0.patch}'.format(VERSION)
 __author__ = 'Ryan Kanno'
+__email__ = 'ryankanno@localkinegrinds.com'
 __license__ = 'MIT'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2013 Ryan Kanno'
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c011f7b..04f056a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,16 +2,13 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import os
+import re
 
 try:
     from setuptools import setup
 except ImportError:
     from distutils.core import setup
 
-import py_utilities
-
-setup_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-
 packages = [
     'py_utilities',
     'py_utilities.collections',
@@ -29,13 +26,47 @@
     'py_utilities.ui',
 ]
 
+here = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+# Metadata
+
+meta = {}
+re_meta = re.compile(r'__(\w+?)__\s*=\s*(.*)')
+re_version = re.compile(r'VERSION\s*=.*?\((.*?)\)')
+strip_quotes = lambda s: s.strip("\"'")
+
+
+def add_version(match):
+    return {'VERSION': match.group(1).replace(" ", "").replace(",", ".")}
+
+
+def add_meta(match):
+    attr_name, attr_value = m.groups()
+    return {attr_name: strip_quotes(attr_value)}
+
+
+patterns = {
+    re_meta: add_meta,
+    re_version: add_version
+}
+
+
+with open(os.path.join(here, 'py_utilities/__init__.py'), 'r') as f:
+    for line in f:
+        for pattern, handler in patterns.items():
+            m = pattern.match(line.strip())
+            if m:
+                meta.update(handler(m))
+
+# Requires
+
 requires = ['pytz', 'importlib', 'scrypt', 'xlrd', 'ordereddict']
 tests_require = ['flake8', 'mock', 'nose', 'nosexcover']
 
-with open(os.path.join(setup_dir, 'README.rst')) as f:
+with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst')) as f:
     readme = f.read()
 
-with open(os.path.join(setup_dir, 'CHANGES')) as f:
+with open(os.path.join(here, 'CHANGES')) as f:
     changes = f.read()
 
 classifiers = [
@@ -48,19 +79,20 @@
 
 setup(
     name='py-utilities',
-    version=py_utilities.__version__,
+    version=meta['VERSION'],
     description='Collection of python utilities',
     long_description=readme + '\n\n' + changes,
-    author='Ryan Kanno',
-    author_email='ryankanno@localkinegrinds.com',
+    author=meta['author'],
+    author_email=meta['email'],
     url="https://github.com/ryankanno/py-utilities",
     packages=packages,
     package_data={'': ['LICENSE']},
     package_dir={'py_utilities': 'py_utilities'},
     install_requires=requires,
-    license='MIT',
+    license=meta['license'],
     tests_require=tests_require,
     classifiers=classifiers,
 )
 
+
 # vim: filetype=python