diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 00bca28..c0d2f86 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 *.egg-info
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
+MANIFEST
 **/*-local.ini
 dist/
 build/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8803537..10855cd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 from os.path import dirname, join as joinpath
 from sys import platform
-
+from pybootd import __version__
 
 def _read(fname):
     return open(joinpath(dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if platform == 'darwin':
 
 setup(
     name='pybootd',
-    version='1.6.0',
+    version=__version__,
     description='Simplified BOOTP/DHCP/PXE and TFTP server',
     author='Emmanuel Blot',
     author_email='emmanuel.blot@free.fr',