diff --git a/python/moose/__init__.py b/python/moose/__init__.py
index 6bd8517a95c55d09373ee6872b6dc58a644b0e76..af90c3724da68668e4388cb096cb2010603dbc5b 100644
--- a/python/moose/__init__.py
+++ b/python/moose/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
 from moose.moose import *
 
-__version__ = moose.moose.version( )
+__version__ = version( )