diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 681b95e..b7269e1 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -61,11 +61,16 @@ copyright = u"2017, Cameron Yick"
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement
 # for |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout
 # the built documents.
-#
+
+here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+about = {}
+with open(os.path.join(here, os.pardir, "tiingo", '__version__.py')) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), about)
+
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = tiingo.__version__
+version = about['__version__']
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = tiingo.__version__
+release = about['__version__']
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.