diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b7efee3..4d36321 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -104,3 +104,9 @@ venv.bak/
 # mypy
 .mypy_cache/
 /formulate/version.py
+
+# DS_STORE
+**/.DS_Store
+
+# Versioning
+**/_version.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a217fbf..a52bc4f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 [project]
 name = "formulate"
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/Scikit-HEP/formulate"
 "Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/Scikit-HEP/formulate/issues"
 Discussions = "https://github.com/Scikit-HEP/formulate/discussions"
 Changelog = "https://github.com/Scikit-HEP/formulate/releases"
+
 [tool.hatch]
-version.path = "src/formulate/__init__.py"
+version.source = "vcs"
+build.hooks.vcs.version-file = "src/formulate/_version.py"
 envs.default.dependencies = [
   "pytest",
   "pytest-cov",
diff --git a/src/formulate/__init__.py b/src/formulate/__init__.py
index 4488b9d..7c517e3 100644
--- a/src/formulate/__init__.py
+++ b/src/formulate/__init__.py
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@
 
 from . import toast
 
-__version__ = "1.0.0rc1"
+from ._version import __version__
 
-__all__ = ("__version__",)
+# print("======================")
+# print(__version__.__repr__())
+# print("======================")
+
+# __all__ = ("__version__",)