--- a/setup.py	Tue Jan 13 10:43:26 2015 +0100
+++ b/setup.py	Fri Jan 30 12:38:15 2015 +0100
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Will set CURRENT_VERSION to the current version string and VERSION to the
 # current version tuple
-exec(compile(open("src/catedit/version.py"), "version.py", "exec"))
+exec(compile(open("src/catedit/version.py").read(), "version.py", "exec"))
 
 setup(
     name='catedit',