diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if not _qtapp: _qtapp = _qt.QApplication(_os.sys.argv)
 #    print "Creating QApplication"
 #    _qtapp = _qt.QApplication(_os.sys.argv)
 
-print "\nWelcome to spinmob 2014-08-19!\n"
+print "\nWelcome to spinmob!\n"
 
 # some defaults
 _mpl.rcParams['figure.facecolor']='w'
removed the spinmob version date (we never change it)