diff --git a/apex.gemspec b/apex.gemspec
index fbb190bb25f0d3fd28f0ecb06ab1281032808895..7e7c5a6f9b66d0806c851aa7acfd0a432b22df94 100644
--- a/apex.gemspec
+++ b/apex.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
-require 'apex/version'
+require 'apex'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name          = 'apex'
diff --git a/lib/apex.rb b/lib/apex.rb
index ba59eee5179131902e654f7f91179f7acff25858..75c7d39c516f5705c81e22544e5048d69eb26734 100644
--- a/lib/apex.rb
+++ b/lib/apex.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-require_relative 'apex/version'
 require_relative 'kiss/kiss_serial'
 require_relative 'aprs/aprs_kiss'
 
 module Apex
+    VERSION = "0.0.1"
+    
     def self.main
         kiss = Kiss::KissSerial.new('/dev/ttyUSB1')
         aprs_kiss = Aprs::AprsKiss.new(kiss)
diff --git a/lib/apex/version.rb b/lib/apex/version.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 204146799fae2115e2d3612fa0498ac3037b832a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/apex/version.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module Apex
-  VERSION = "0.1.0"
-end