diff --git a/app/python-node-exporter.py b/app/python-node-exporter.py
index d69f774..6107b44 100644
--- a/app/python-node-exporter.py
+++ b/app/python-node-exporter.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
 from requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
 from tinydb import TinyDB, Query
 from tinydbstorage.storage import MemoryStorage
-from version import __version__
+from version import VERSION
 
 requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)
 verifySSL = os.getenv("VERIFY_SSL", 'False').lower() in ('true', '1', 't')
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ log_handler.setFormatter(log_formatter)
 log = logging.getLogger("Node-Exporter")
 log.setLevel(LOGLEVEL)
 log.addHandler(log_handler)
-log.info("Node-Exporter - Version " + __version__ )
+log.info("Node-Exporter - Version " + VERSION )
 log.info("Log Level: " + os.environ.get('LOGLEVEL'))
 log.debug("Running with Variables:\nVerify SSL: " + str(verifySSL) + "\nZVM Host: " + zvm_url + "\nZVM Port: " + zvm_port + "\nClient-Id: " + client_id + "\nClient Secret: " + client_secret)
 
diff --git a/app/version.py b/app/version.py
index e69de29..89301a1 100644
--- a/app/version.py
+++ b/app/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# version.py
+VERSION = "1.0.0"
+
+def main():
+    # Put your main program code here
+    print(VERSION)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # This code will be executed only when the file is run as the main program
+    main()
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