diff --git a/scraibe/__init__.py b/scraibe/__init__.py
index 42cd343..fbbd81e 100644
--- a/scraibe/__init__.py
+++ b/scraibe/__init__.py
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ from .misc import *
 
 from .cli import *
  
+ # set __version__ attribute
+ 
+import importlib.metadata
+
+__version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__package__ or __name__)