diff --git a/lib/thingiverse.rb b/lib/thingiverse.rb
index 3bb328f..672fb06 100644
--- a/lib/thingiverse.rb
+++ b/lib/thingiverse.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 require 'cgi'
 require 'uri'
 
+require 'thingiverse/version'
 require 'thingiverse/dynamic_attributes'
 require 'thingiverse/connection'
 require 'thingiverse/pagination'
@@ -14,7 +15,3 @@
 require 'thingiverse/images'
 require 'thingiverse/categories'
 require 'thingiverse/tags'
-
-module Thingiverse
-  VERSION = '0.0.8'
-end
diff --git a/lib/thingiverse/version.rb b/lib/thingiverse/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea1ce52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/thingiverse/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module Thingiverse
+  VERSION = '0.0.8'
+end
diff --git a/thingiverse.gemspec b/thingiverse.gemspec
index a729237..365e40a 100644
--- a/thingiverse.gemspec
+++ b/thingiverse.gemspec
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-$LOAD_PATH.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
-require File.expand_path("../lib/thingiverse", __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path("../lib/thingiverse/version", __FILE__)
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name              = "thingiverse"
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.require_paths     = ["lib"]
   s.files             = Dir["{lib}/**/*.rb", "test/*", "LICENSE", "README.rdoc"]
-  
+
   s.add_dependency("json")
   s.add_dependency("httparty")
   s.add_dependency("curb")