diff --git a/libmproxy/__init__.py b/libmproxy/__init__.py
index 2bbcaaf53..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/libmproxy/__init__.py
+++ b/libmproxy/__init__.py
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-VERSION = "0.3"
diff --git a/libmproxy/flow.py b/libmproxy/flow.py
index 957d53012..dff58fa05 100644
--- a/libmproxy/flow.py
+++ b/libmproxy/flow.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 """
 import subprocess, base64, sys, json, hashlib, Cookie, cookielib, copy
 import proxy, threading, netstring, filt
-import controller
+import controller, version
 
 class RunException(Exception):
     def __init__(self, msg, returncode, errout):
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ class Flow:
             request = self.request.get_state() if self.request else None,
             response = self.response.get_state() if self.response else None,
             error = self.error.get_state() if self.error else None,
+            version = version.IVERSION
         )
         if nobackup:
             d["backup"] = None
diff --git a/libmproxy/version.py b/libmproxy/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35c6e8de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libmproxy/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+IVERSION = (0, 3)
+VERSION = ".".join([str(i) for i in IVERSION])
diff --git a/mitmdump b/mitmdump
index 93f770609..814f2af37 100755
--- a/mitmdump
+++ b/mitmdump
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
 
 import sys, os.path
 from libmproxy import proxy, dump, utils
-from libmproxy import VERSION
-
-
+from libmproxy.version import VERSION
 from optparse import OptionParser, OptionGroup
 
 
diff --git a/mitmproxy b/mitmproxy
index fed5dbac9..acc7a2bae 100755
--- a/mitmproxy
+++ b/mitmproxy
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 import sys, os.path
 from libmproxy import proxy, controller, console, utils
-from libmproxy import VERSION
+from libmproxy.version import VERSION
 from optparse import OptionParser, OptionGroup