diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 3948bcb6..ff3782ef 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
 
 import sys, os
 
+
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../..'))
+import myhdl
 
 # -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -49,9 +51,9 @@ copyright = u'2014, Jan Decaluwe'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.8'
+# version = myhdl.__version__
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.8'
+release = myhdl.__version__
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.