diff --git a/client/bin/evobackupctl b/client/bin/evobackupctl
index 4942ba3..f8d68c3 100644
--- a/client/bin/evobackupctl
+++ b/client/bin/evobackupctl
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-readonly VERSION="23.12-pre"
-
 # shellcheck disable=SC2155
 readonly PROGNAME=$(basename "${0}")
 # shellcheck disable=SC2155
@@ -12,6 +10,8 @@ readonly ARGS=$@
 # Change this to wherever you install the libraries
 readonly LIBDIR="/usr/local/lib/evobackup"
 
+source "${LIBDIR}/main.sh"
+
 show_version() {
     cat <<END
 ${PROGNAME} version ${VERSION}
diff --git a/client/lib/main.sh b/client/lib/main.sh
index 12bd4ef..22db492 100644
--- a/client/lib/main.sh
+++ b/client/lib/main.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034,SC2317
 
+readonly VERSION="23.12-pre"
+
 # set all programs to C language (english)
 export LC_ALL=C