diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 20fc20a69387625797b151e5230b4eb9cc778e04..a8f3a425c263128f561b07287f0241302bf58d91 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ Publishing:
 
 """
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-import header
+execfile('...tfields/__about__.py')
 
 setup(
     name='tfields',
-    version=header.__version__,
+    version=__version__,
     description='numpy + sympy implementation of tensor fields with attached coordinate systems',
-    author=header.__author__,
-    author_email=header.__email__,
-    license='MIT',
+    author=__author__,
+    author_email=__email__,
+    license=__license__,
     packages=find_packages(),
     test_require=[
         'doctest',
diff --git a/tfields/__about__.py b/tfields/__about__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..549d7ece6d2b2a644c52fdf389f7cafab1d7fd6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tfields/__about__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+__version__ = '0.1.0.dev8'
+__author__ = "Daniel Boeckenhoff"
+__email__ = "daniel.boeckenhoff@ipp.mpg.de"
+__license__ = "Apache License, Version 2.0"
+__copyright__ = "2018 %s" % __author__
diff --git a/tfields/__init__.py b/tfields/__init__.py
index 392443487c93d467009a259a9df51a701ff9fedd..731b92a9ddf4f39f3607d661947451d6c73a62b5 100644
--- a/tfields/__init__.py
+++ b/tfields/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from header import *
+from .__about__ import *
 
 from . import core
 from . import bases