diff --git a/scraibe/__init__.py b/scraibe/__init__.py
index fbbd81e..9f93efc 100644
--- a/scraibe/__init__.py
+++ b/scraibe/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,4 @@ from .cli import *
  
  # set __version__ attribute
  
-import importlib.metadata
-
-__version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__package__ or __name__)
+__version__ = "0.0.0"