diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 120000
index 5846b7b..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rfd/VERSION
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index a5567e9..a79e360 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -94,11 +94,15 @@ python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "click"
-version = "7.1.2"
+version = "8.0.1"
 description = "Composable command line interface toolkit"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*"
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
+importlib-metadata = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
 
 [[package]]
 name = "colorama"
@@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
 name = "importlib-metadata"
 version = "4.0.1"
 description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 
@@ -390,7 +394,7 @@ python-versions = "*"
 name = "typing-extensions"
 version = "3.10.0.0"
 description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.5+"
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 
@@ -439,7 +443,7 @@ python-versions = "*"
 name = "zipp"
 version = "3.4.1"
 description = "Backport of pathlib-compatible object wrapper for zip files"
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 
@@ -491,8 +495,8 @@ chardet = [
     {file = "chardet-4.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0d6f53a15db4120f2b08c94f11e7d93d2c911ee118b6b30a04ec3ee8310179fa"},
 ]
 click = [
-    {file = "click-7.1.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dacca89f4bfadd5de3d7489b7c8a566eee0d3676333fbb50030263894c38c0dc"},
-    {file = "click-7.1.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d2b5255c7c6349bc1bd1e59e08cd12acbbd63ce649f2588755783aa94dfb6b1a"},
+    {file = "click-8.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fba402a4a47334742d782209a7c79bc448911afe1149d07bdabdf480b3e2f4b6"},
+    {file = "click-8.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8c04c11192119b1ef78ea049e0a6f0463e4c48ef00a30160c704337586f3ad7a"},
 ]
 colorama = [
     {file = "colorama-0.4.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9f47eda37229f68eee03b24b9748937c7dc3868f906e8ba69fbcbdd3bc5dc3e2"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5a4d1a7..facd09b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "rfd"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 description = "view RedFlagDeals.com from the command line"
 authors = ["Dave Gallant <davegallant@gmail.com>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
diff --git a/rfd/VERSION b/rfd/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 39e898a..0000000
--- a/rfd/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.7.1
diff --git a/rfd/__version__.py b/rfd/__version__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ba6c2a..0000000
--- a/rfd/__version__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from os.path import dirname, abspath, join
-
-
-def load_version():
-    with open(join(dirname(abspath(__file__)), "VERSION")) as handle:
-        return handle.read()
-
-
-version = load_version()
diff --git a/rfd/cli.py b/rfd/cli.py
index b45e300..32f5685 100644
--- a/rfd/cli.py
+++ b/rfd/cli.py
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import logging
 import sys
 import click
+try:
+    from importlib import metadata
+except ImportError: # for Python<3.8
+    import importlib_metadata as metadata
 from colorama import init
 from .api import get_threads, get_posts
 from .threads import parse_threads, search_threads, sort_threads, generate_thread_output
 from .posts import generate_posts_output
-from .__version__ import version as current_version
+
 
 init()
 
@@ -18,12 +22,12 @@ logging.getLogger().addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
 
 
 def get_version():
-    return "rfd v" + current_version
+    return "rfd v" + metadata.version("rfd")
 
-def print_version(ctx, value):
+def print_version(ctx, _, value):
     if not value or ctx.resilient_parsing:
         return
-    click.echo(get_version(), nl=False)
+    click.echo(get_version(), nl=True)
     ctx.exit()