diff --git a/krowlog.py b/krowlog.py
index df1fe30..60e20e1 100644
--- a/krowlog.py
+++ b/krowlog.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ from src.ui.icon import Icon
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
 
-__version__ = Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + os.sep + "version.txt").read_text()
+version_file = Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + os.sep + "version.txt")
+__version__ = version_file.read_text() if version_file.is_file() else "0.0.0"
 
 gettext.install('krowlog', 'locale')
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c7e279d..0000000
--- a/version.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.2.1-36-g9902be0