diff --git a/harmonized_landsat_sentinel/__init__.py b/harmonized_landsat_sentinel/__init__.py
index 4af696b..cc46849 100644
--- a/harmonized_landsat_sentinel/__init__.py
+++ b/harmonized_landsat_sentinel/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
 from .harmonized_landsat_sentinel import *
+
+from os.path import join, abspath, dirname
+
+with open(join(abspath(dirname(__file__)), "version.txt")) as f:
+    version = f.read()
+
+__version__ = version
+__author__ = "Gregory H. Halverson, Evan Davis"