diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 36230c0d..207ca3a1 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ candidates (ex. `1.0.0rc1`). Release candidates must have a `rcX` suffix.
 
 Release routine:
 
-- Update `ChangeLog.md`, `setup.py`, `lib/solaar/__init__.py` to the new release
-- Add the new release to `share/solaar/io.github.pwr_solaar.solaar.metainfo.xml`
+- Update `lib/solaar/__init__.py` to the new release
+- Add release changes to `ChangeLog.md`
+- Add release information to `share/solaar/io.github.pwr_solaar.solaar.metainfo.xml`
 - Create a commit that starts with `release VERSION`
 - Push commit to Solaar repository
 - Invoke `./release.sh`
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 38982eeb..7b564dfa 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from distutils.core import setup
 
-# from solaar import NAME, __version__
-__version__ = '1.1.7'
-NAME = 'Solaar'
+main_ns = {}
+with open('lib/solaar/__init__.py') as ver_file:
+    exec(ver_file.read(), main_ns)
+NAME = main_ns['NAME']
+__version__ = main_ns['__version__']
 
 
 def _data_files():