diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd6c60cb88592988944d923da8e803b2b5ef0cfe..9e227d1368a9be4695b63fc17e3d27a1c9fd79ee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ __pycache__
 *.egg-info
 doc/build/
 *.pyc
-
+force_bdss/__version__.py
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 289f4699b729bf603e2e8449e66939191a6991d9..7adfdcae47a1ff5cfad6a3bf79dc432f7a912bd1 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import os
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(
     os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", "..")
     )
-print(sys.path)
+
+from force_bdss.__version__ import VERSION as RELEASE
+
 MOCK_MODULES=[]
 
 def _warn_node(self, msg, node, **kwargs):
@@ -58,8 +60,8 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 project = u'FORCE'
 copyright = u'2017, FORCE Project'
-version = '0.1.0'
-release = '0.1.0.dev0'
+version = ".".join(RELEASE.split(".")[0:3])
+release = RELEASE
 pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 html_theme = 'classic'
 html_static_path = ['_static']
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9429bc9b5ec0fb1080280e1eedd00be192c07a95..98f56c68c6716fadf38b052ac117d4e6ab20212b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-VERSION = "0.1.0.dev1"
+VERSION = "0.1.0.dev2"
+
+
+def write_version_py():
+    with open("force_bdss/__version__.py", "w") as f:
+        f.write("VERSION = '{}'\n".format(VERSION))
+
+
+write_version_py()
 
 setup(
     name="force_bdss",