diff --git a/docs/src/_install.rst b/docs/src/_install.rst
index 2c453bd..73a992c 100644
--- a/docs/src/_install.rst
+++ b/docs/src/_install.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
     cd build
 
     #configure using cmake
-    cmake ../aare -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/where/to/put/aare
+    cmake ../aare -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/where/to/put/aare 
+
+    #install python bindings
+    #cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/where/to/put/aare  -DAARE_INSTALL_PYTHONEXT=ON -DAARE_PYTHON_BINDINGS=ON
 
     #build (replace 4 with the number of threads you want to use)
     make -j4 
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 4cb6d17..2549c4b 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ foreach(FILE ${PYTHON_EXAMPLES})
   message(STATUS "Copying ${FILE} to ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${FILE}")
 endforeach(FILE ${PYTHON_EXAMPLES})
 
+configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../VERSION
+               ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/aare/VERSION)
 if(AARE_INSTALL_PYTHONEXT)
   install(
     TARGETS _aare
@@ -72,4 +74,8 @@ if(AARE_INSTALL_PYTHONEXT)
     FILES ${PYTHON_FILES}
     DESTINATION aare
     COMPONENT python)
+  install(
+    FILES ../VERSION
+    DESTINATION aare
+    COMPONENT python)
 endif()
diff --git a/python/aare/_version.py b/python/aare/_version.py
index d8e2b01..f3530c4 100644
--- a/python/aare/_version.py
+++ b/python/aare/_version.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ from pathlib import Path
 try:
     __version__ = version('aare')
 except PackageNotFoundError:
-    __version__ = Path(__file__).parents[2].joinpath('VERSION').read_text().strip()
\ No newline at end of file
+    __version__ = Path(__file__).parent.joinpath('VERSION').read_text().strip()
\ No newline at end of file