diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f073f74719e6ce6ff99d331050e371112da30883..7041adafd4797f8a28497c3a94092d66fadf31a2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
-
 PROJECT(MOOSE)
-set(MOOSE_VERSION "3.1.1")
+
+set(_MOOSE_VERSION_ "3.2" )
 
 # Options to pass down to moose-core
 option(WITH_DOC "Build documentation" OFF)
diff --git a/cmake/build_moose-core.sh.in b/cmake/build_moose-core.sh.in
index 8216ad73a85a46fe688a3da0c51a1345f18e82da..43d2ab2b31abef6a3f7c5b1e630efefa42cbcedf 100755
--- a/cmake/build_moose-core.sh.in
+++ b/cmake/build_moose-core.sh.in
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ echo "Building MOOSE"
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
         -DWITH_BOOST=@WITH_BOOST@ \
         -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=@PYTHON_EXECUTABLE@ \
+        -DMOOSE_VERSION=@_MOOSE_VERSION_@ \
         @CMAKE_PYMOOSE_ARGS@ \
         @PYMOOSE_SOURCE_DIR@ 
     $MAKE
diff --git a/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt b/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
index fa8df75821cdab4b617f767819c312b4517d3b92..7c4b3226309fc1b138eb866a5f3f8e9c160d156c 100644
--- a/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 set(CMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32 0)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8 FATAL_ERROR)
-project(MOOSE)
+
+project(pymoose)
 
 if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
     cmake_policy(SET CMP0003 NEW)