diff --git a/edosl0util/__init__.py b/edosl0util/__init__.py
index 27a54a5f92d421b1b94bb5d942274be2af9ca4dd..52493f144a48d19ec0f188b918c464faa76ff1f0 100644
--- a/edosl0util/__init__.py
+++ b/edosl0util/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 ### PyVer Loader Start
-import os
-verfile = 'edosl0util/version.txt'
-if os.path.exists(verfile):
-    execfile(verfile)
-else:
-    __version__ = '<unknown>'
-    __githash__ = ''
-del verfile
+import pkg_resources as _pkg
+execfile(_pkg.resource_filename(__name__, 'version.txt'))
+del _pkg
 ### PyVer Loader End