diff --git a/lib/ruby-manta.rb b/lib/ruby-manta.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/ruby-manta.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby-manta.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ require 'date'
 require 'json'
 require 'cgi'
 
-require 'version'
+require File.expand_path('../version', __FILE__)
+
+
 
 class MantaClient
   DEFAULT_ATTEMPTS        = 3
A require was causing problems with ruby <I>.