diff --git a/mayan/__init__.py b/mayan/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..a25592fa87 100644
--- a/mayan/__init__.py
+++ b/mayan/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '1.0.0beta2'
diff --git a/mayan/apps/bootstrap/post_init.py b/mayan/apps/bootstrap/post_init.py
index 3b61c1f0f6..5ef7b3c770 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/bootstrap/post_init.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/bootstrap/post_init.py
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import datetime
 
+from mayan import __version__
 from navigation.api import register_links
-from main import __version__
 
+from .classes import FixtureMetadata
 from .links import (link_bootstrap_setup_create, link_bootstrap_setup_execute,
     link_bootstrap_setup_list, link_bootstrap_setup_edit, link_bootstrap_setup_delete,
     link_bootstrap_setup_view, link_bootstrap_setup_dump, link_bootstrap_setup_export,
     link_bootstrap_setup_import_from_url, link_bootstrap_setup_import_from_file,
     link_bootstrap_setup_repository_sync)
-from .models import BootstrapSetup
-from .classes import FixtureMetadata
 from .literals import (FIXTURE_METADATA_CREATED, FIXTURE_METADATA_EDITED,
     FIXTURE_METADATA_MAYAN_VERSION, FIXTURE_METADATA_FORMAT, FIXTURE_METADATA_NAME,
     FIXTURE_METADATA_DESCRIPTION, DATETIME_STRING_FORMAT, FIXTURE_METADATA_SLUG)
+from .models import BootstrapSetup
 
 register_links([BootstrapSetup], [link_bootstrap_setup_view, link_bootstrap_setup_edit, link_bootstrap_setup_delete, link_bootstrap_setup_execute, link_bootstrap_setup_export])
 register_links([BootstrapSetup], [link_bootstrap_setup_list, link_bootstrap_setup_create, link_bootstrap_setup_dump, link_bootstrap_setup_import_from_file, link_bootstrap_setup_import_from_url, link_bootstrap_setup_repository_sync], menu_name='secondary_menu')
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/templatetags/version_tags.py b/mayan/apps/common/templatetags/version_tags.py
index a4e84f4e83..26c17b332d 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/templatetags/version_tags.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/templatetags/version_tags.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ register = Library()
 def app_version(app_name):
     try:
         app = import_module(app_name)
-        return app.get_version()
+        return app.__version__
     except ImportError:
         return u''
diff --git a/mayan/apps/installation/models.py b/mayan/apps/installation/models.py
index f5ad33cd9b..fbc54379f6 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/installation/models.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/installation/models.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 
 from common.models import Singleton
 from common.utils import pretty_size
-from main import __version__ as mayan_version
+from mayan import __version__ as mayan_version
 from lock_manager import Lock, LockError
 from ocr.conf.settings import TESSERACT_PATH, UNPAPER_PATH, PDFTOTEXT_PATH
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/main/__init__.py b/mayan/apps/main/__init__.py
index cfe15c8d24..f6d664c1c2 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/main/__init__.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/main/__init__.py
@@ -11,43 +11,11 @@ from project_tools.api import register_tool
 from .conf.settings import SIDE_BAR_SEARCH, DISABLE_HOME_VIEW
 from .links import (admin_site, diagnostics, maintenance_menu, sentry, statistics)
 
-__author__ = 'Roberto Rosario'
-__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2012 Roberto Rosario'
-__credits__ = ['Roberto Rosario',]
-__license__ = 'GPL'
-__maintainer__ = 'Roberto Rosario'
-__email__ = 'roberto.rosario.gonzalez@gmail.com'
-__status__ = 'Production'
-
-__version_info__ = {
-    'major': 1,
-    'minor': 0,
-    'micro': 0,
-    'releaselevel': 'beta',
-    'serial': 0
-}
-
 if not DISABLE_HOME_VIEW:
     register_top_menu('home', link={'text': _(u'home'), 'view': 'home', 'famfam': 'house'}, position=0)
 if not SIDE_BAR_SEARCH:
     register_top_menu('search', link={'text': _(u'search'), 'view': 'search', 'famfam': 'zoom'}, children_path_regex=[r'^search/'])
 
-
-def get_version():
-    '''
-    Return the formatted version information
-    '''
-    vers = ['%(major)i.%(minor)i' % __version_info__, ]
-
-    if __version_info__['micro']:
-        vers.append('.%(micro)i' % __version_info__)
-    if __version_info__['releaselevel'] != 'final':
-        vers.append('%(releaselevel)s%(serial)i' % __version_info__)
-    return ''.join(vers)
-
-
-__version__ = get_version()
-
 if 'django.contrib.admin' in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
     register_setup(admin_site)
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/main/templates/about.html b/mayan/apps/main/templates/about.html
index 69649cf3c4..0d1e3ace7f 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/main/templates/about.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/main/templates/about.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 {% block content %}
 
     <div class="content tc">
-        <h3>{% project_name %} ({% trans "Version" %} {% app_version "main" %})</h3>
+        <h3>{% project_name %} ({% trans "Version" %} {% app_version "mayan" %})</h3>
     </div>
     {% include "project_description.html" %}