diff --git a/biosimulators_amici/__init__.py b/biosimulators_amici/__init__.py
index e023337..6e085d1 100644
--- a/biosimulators_amici/__init__.py
+++ b/biosimulators_amici/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
+import amici
+
 from ._version import __version__  # noqa: F401
 # :obj:`str`: version
 
 # from .core import exec_sedml_docs_in_combine_archive  # noqa: F401
+
+
+def get_simulator_version():
+    """ Get the version of AMICI
+
+    Returns:
+        :obj:`str`: version
+    """
+    return amici.__version__
diff --git a/biosimulators_amici/__main__.py b/biosimulators_amici/__main__.py
index 25346b4..c12ff81 100644
--- a/biosimulators_amici/__main__.py
+++ b/biosimulators_amici/__main__.py
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 :License: MIT
 """
 
+from . import get_simulator_version
 from ._version import __version__
 from .core import exec_sedml_docs_in_combine_archive
 from biosimulators_utils.simulator.cli import build_cli
-import amici
 
 App = build_cli('biosimulators-amici', __version__,
-                'AMICI', amici.__version__, 'https://github.com/AMICI-dev/AMICI',
+                'AMICI', get_simulator_version(), 'https://github.com/AMICI-dev/AMICI',
                 exec_sedml_docs_in_combine_archive)