diff --git a/parsedmarc/__init__.py b/parsedmarc/__init__.py
index a41422f..3c6ce92 100644
--- a/parsedmarc/__init__.py
+++ b/parsedmarc/__init__.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 """A Python package for parsing DMARC reports"""
 
-__version__ = "8.0.3"
-
 import binascii
 import email
 import email.utils
@@ -30,14 +28,13 @@ from expiringdict import ExpiringDict
 from lxml import etree
 from mailsuite.smtp import send_email
 
+from parsedmarc.meta import __version__
 from parsedmarc.mail import MailboxConnection
 from parsedmarc.utils import get_base_domain, get_ip_address_info
 from parsedmarc.utils import is_outlook_msg, convert_outlook_msg
 from parsedmarc.utils import parse_email
 from parsedmarc.utils import timestamp_to_human, human_timestamp_to_datetime
 
-
-
 formatter = logging.Formatter(
     fmt='%(levelname)8s:%(filename)s:%(lineno)d:%(message)s',
     datefmt='%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S')
diff --git a/parsedmarc/meta/__init__.py b/parsedmarc/meta/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce533a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parsedmarc/meta/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "8.0.3"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d7cd783..01e5a3e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 from codecs import open
 from os import path
 
-from parsedmarc import __version__
+from parsedmarc.meta import __version__
 
 description = "A Python package and CLI for parsing aggregate and " \
               "forensic DMARC reports"