diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37c55c9..af40624 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ securenative = SecureNative.init_with_api_key("YOUR_API_KEY")
 from securenative.securenative import SecureNative
 
 
-securenative = SecureNative.init_with_options(SecureNative.config_builder().with_api_key("API_KEY").with_max_events(10).with_log_level("ERROR"))
+securenative = SecureNative.init_with_options(SecureNative.config_builder().with_api_key("API_KEY").with_max_events(10).with_log_level("ERROR").build())
 ```
 
 ## Getting SecureNative instance
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f477849..373f8c6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.2
\ No newline at end of file
+0.2.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/securenative/config/configuration_builder.py b/securenative/config/configuration_builder.py
index ceb5bd3..f764463 100644
--- a/securenative/config/configuration_builder.py
+++ b/securenative/config/configuration_builder.py
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ def with_fail_over_strategy(self, fail_over_strategy):
         self.fail_over_strategy = fail_over_strategy
         return self
 
+    def build(self):
+        return self
+
     @staticmethod
     def get_default_securenative_options():
         return SecureNativeOptions()
diff --git a/securenative/utils/version_utils.py b/securenative/utils/version_utils.py
index fbe4350..003ce9f 100644
--- a/securenative/utils/version_utils.py
+++ b/securenative/utils/version_utils.py
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-import os
-
-
 class VersionUtils(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_version():
-        root_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)).replace("/securenative/utils", "")
-        path = os.path.join(root_dir, "VERSION")
-        with open(path) as f:
-            return f.read()
+        return "0.2.3"
diff --git a/tests/version_test.py b/tests/version_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2f9a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/version_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import unittest
+
+from securenative.utils.version_utils import VersionUtils
+
+
+class VersionTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_version(self):
+        version = VersionUtils.get_version()
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(version)