diff --git a/manim_slides/__init__.py b/manim_slides/__init__.py
index 9485bf0..b11020e 100644
--- a/manim_slides/__init__.py
+++ b/manim_slides/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+from .__version__ import __version__
 from .slide import Slide, ThreeDSlide
diff --git a/manim_slides/__version__.py b/manim_slides/__version__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0552768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manim_slides/__version__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "3.0.1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2c89990..0984858 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import sys
 
 import setuptools
 
+sys.path.append("manim_slides")  # To avoid importing manim, which may not be installed
+
+from __version__ import __version__ as version
+
 if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
     raise RuntimeError("This package requires Python 3.7+")
 
@@ -10,7 +14,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as f:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="manim-slides",
-    version="3.0.0",
+    version=version,
     author="Jérome Eertmans (previously, Federico A. Galatolo)",
     author_email="jeertmans@icloud.com (resp., federico.galatolo@ing.unipi.it)",
     description="Tool for live presentations using manim",