diff --git a/apprise/__init__.py b/apprise/__init__.py
index af2fc5ceeb..fa73de5253 100644
--- a/apprise/__init__.py
+++ b/apprise/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
 __title__ = 'apprise'
-__version__ = '0.5.1'
+__version__ = '0.5.2'
 __author__ = 'Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>'
 __license__ = 'GPLv3'
 __copywrite__ = 'Copyright 2017-2018 Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c130f0ffa..f8e7f6036a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 
 import os
 import platform
-import sys
-from os.path import join
-from os.path import abspath
-from os.path import dirname
 try:
     from setuptools import setup
 
@@ -30,11 +26,6 @@
 
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
-# Include 'this' library to allow a single location for
-# version referencing
-sys.path.insert(0, join(dirname(abspath(__file__)), 'apprise'))
-from apprise import __version__ as version
-
 install_options = os.environ.get("APPRISE_INSTALL", "").split(",")
 install_requires = open('requirements.txt').readlines()
 if platform.system().lower().startswith('win'):
@@ -51,7 +42,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='apprise',
-    version=version,
+    version='0.5.2',
     description='A universal notification service',
     license='GPLv3',
     long_description=open('README').read(),