diff --git a/spacy/__init__.py b/spacy/__init__.py
index 05822c177..9a1f8304e 100644
--- a/spacy/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/__init__.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from .cli.info import info as cli_info
 from .glossary import explain
 from .deprecated import resolve_load_name
+from .about import __version__
 from . import util
 
-
 def load(name, **overrides):
     name = resolve_load_name(name, **overrides)
     return util.load_model(name, **overrides)
diff --git a/spacy/language.py b/spacy/language.py
index b6f719276..d9a888507 100644
--- a/spacy/language.py
+++ b/spacy/language.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Language(object):
     Defaults = BaseDefaults
     lang = None
 
-    def __init__(self, vocab=True, make_doc=True, pipeline=None, meta={}):
+    def __init__(self, vocab=True, make_doc=True, pipeline=None, meta={}, **kwargs):
         """Initialise a Language object.
 
         vocab (Vocab): A `Vocab` object. If `True`, a vocab is created via
diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index 1e9170c52..d75b4f610 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ def load_model(name, **overrides):
             model_path = Path(name)
             meta = get_package_meta(model_path)
             cls = get_lang_class(meta['lang'])
-            nlp = cls(pipeline=meta.get('pipeline', True))
+            nlp = cls(pipeline=meta.get('pipeline', True), meta=meta)
             return nlp.from_disk(model_path, **overrides)
     elif hasattr(name, 'exists'): # Path or Path-like to model data
         meta = get_package_meta(name)
         cls = get_lang_class(meta['lang'])
-        nlp = cls(pipeline=meta.get('pipeline', True))
+        nlp = cls(pipeline=meta.get('pipeline', True), meta=meta)
         return nlp.from_disk(name, **overrides)
     raise IOError("Can't find model '%s'" % name)
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def load_model_from_init_py(init_file, **overrides):
     if not model_path.exists():
         raise ValueError("Can't find model directory: %s" % path2str(data_path))
     cls = get_lang_class(meta['lang'])
-    nlp = cls(pipeline=meta.get('pipeline', True))
+    nlp = cls(pipeline=meta.get('pipeline', True), meta=meta)
     return nlp.from_disk(data_path, **overrides)