diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 Get Together is an open source event manager for local communities.
 
+Get Together is version *0.1.0*.
+
 ## Goals
  * Be feature-competitive with Meetup.com
  * Allow multiple instances to share federated event data
diff --git a/get_together/__init__.py b/get_together/__init__.py
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+__version__ = '0.1.0'