diff --git a/gprMax/__init__.py b/gprMax/__init__.py
index 1e2cc36f..152d4e97 100644
--- a/gprMax/__init__.py
+++ b/gprMax/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-# This is where the version number is set and read by setup.py and conf.py (for the docs)
-__version__ = '3.0.0b19'
\ No newline at end of file
+from gprMax._version import __version__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gprMax/__main__.py b/gprMax/__main__.py
index 889b8fb2..6fd7955c 100644
--- a/gprMax/__main__.py
+++ b/gprMax/__main__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 """gprMax.__main__: executed when gprMax directory is called as script."""
 
-from .gprMax import main
-main()
+import gprMax.gprMax
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    gprMax.gprMax.main()
 
 # Code profiling
 # Time profiling