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
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d86625e82219d99a8639c9bba7158869c30c9e8a..529ee9d48441853f6a8aa356a4999cd41247b347 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(
     author='Bruce Flynn',
     author_email='brucef@ssec.wisc.edu',
     description='Utilities for working with EDOS L0 PDS files',
-    version='0.7.dev',
+    version='0.7',
     zip_safe=False,
     packages=find_packages(),
     pyver=True,