diff --git a/qdarkstyle/__init__.py b/qdarkstyle/__init__.py
index 9acd1477a..c19bf2093 100644
--- a/qdarkstyle/__init__.py
+++ b/qdarkstyle/__init__.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ with the correct rc file.
 import os
 
 
+__version__ = "1.6"
+
+
 def load_stylesheet(pyside=True):
     """
     Loads the stylesheet. Takes care of importing the rc module.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 792fb28a6..2225e1a60 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,9 +28,19 @@ QDarkStyle is a darks stylesheet for python qt applications
 """
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+def read_version():
+    """
+    Reads the version without self importing
+    """
+    with open("qdarkstyle/__init__.py") as f:
+        lines = f.read().splitlines()
+        for l in lines:
+            if "__version__" in l:
+                return l.split("=")[1].strip().replace('"', "")
+
 setup(
     name='QDarkStyle',
-    version='1.5',
+    version=read_version(),
     packages=find_packages(),
     package_data={'qdarkstyle': ["*.qss", "*.qrc", "rc/*.png"]},
     url='https://github.com/ColinDuquesnoy/QDarkStyleSheet',