diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 0f2756a1..ea10b71a 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@
 # All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
 # serve to show the default.
 
-import os, sys
+import os
+import re
+import sys
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../..'))
 
-import gprMax
-
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ author = 'Craig Warren and Antonis Giannopoulos'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = gprMax.__version__
+with open('../../gprMax/_version.py', 'r') as fd:
+    version = re.search(r'^__version__\s*=\s*[\'"]([^\'"]*)[\'"]',
+                        fd.read(), re.MULTILINE).group(1)
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 
diff --git a/gprMax/xdmf.py b/gprMax/xdmf.py
index 9ee09953..b6d734ef 100644
--- a/gprMax/xdmf.py
+++ b/gprMax/xdmf.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import copy
 
 import h5py
-#from lxml import etree
+from lxml import etree
 import numpy as np
 
 from gprMax.grid import Grid