diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e35cf7e..b68b6a0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = auto_archiver
-version = 0.2.20
+version = attr: auto_archiver.__version__
 author = Bellingcat
 author_email = tech@bellingcat.com
 description = Easily archive online media content
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/__init__.py b/src/auto_archiver/__init__.py
index adb8551..a8e0945 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/__init__.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@ from . import archivers, databases, enrichers, feeders, formatters, storages, ut
 from .core.orchestrator import ArchivingOrchestrator
 from .core.config import Config
 # making accessible directly
-from .core.metadata import Metadata
\ No newline at end of file
+from .core.metadata import Metadata
+
+
+from .version import VERSION
+__version__ = VERSION
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/formatters/templates/__init__.py b/src/auto_archiver/formatters/templates/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/version.py b/src/auto_archiver/version.py
index 34ba6a2..d138110 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/version.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ _MAJOR = "0"
 _MINOR = "2"
 # On main and in a nightly release the patch should be one ahead of the last
 # released build.
-_PATCH = "20"
+_PATCH = "21"
 # This is mainly for nightly builds which have the suffix ".dev$DATE". See
 # https://semver.org/#is-v123-a-semantic-version for the semantics.
 _SUFFIX = ""