diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f8e9b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 40e9878..4cb515e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 
-with open("../VERSION", "rb") as f:
+with open("VERSION", "rb") as f:
     version = f.read().decode("utf-8")
     version = version.split("-")[0]