diff --git a/githooks/pre-commit b/githooks/pre-commit
index 8074f6c..9118022 100755
--- a/githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/githooks/pre-commit
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-VERSION=$(grep version setup.py | sed -e 's/.*="//' -e 's/",//')
+VERSION=$(grep version setup.cfg | sed 's/.*= *//')
 sed -i "s/^__version__ = .*/__version__ = '${VERSION}'/"  lmwsip/__init__.py
 git add lmwsip/__init__.py
 
diff --git a/lmwsip/__init__.py b/lmwsip/__init__.py
index 848b670..4d5b1fa 100644
--- a/lmwsip/__init__.py
+++ b/lmwsip/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from dateutil import tz
 
 """ Version info changed by git hook """
-__version__ = ''
+__version__ = '0.9.0'
 
 class LmwSip:
     """Class to connect to the LMW Standard Interface prototcol (sip)