diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index fe3f65e..760f97f 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ import os
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
+
+from channels import __version__  # noqa
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -51,9 +53,9 @@ copyright = u'2015, Andrew Godwin'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.0'
+version = __version__
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.0'
+release = __version__
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.