diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index e6aada7..3cc976d 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -2,8 +2,16 @@
 from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse
 from routers.health import health_router
 from routers.mtcars import data_output
-from docs.documentation import description
 import uvicorn
+import tomllib
+
+try:
+    with open("pyproject.toml", "rb") as f:
+        tomldata = tomllib.load(f)
+        version = tomldata["project"]["version"]
+        description = tomldata["project"]["description"]
+except FileNotFoundError:
+    print("pyproject.toml not found")
 
 app = FastAPI(
     # This info goes directly into /docs
@@ -11,7 +19,7 @@
     # Description of API defined in docs/documentation.py for ease of reading
     description=description,
     summary="This project is a proof-of-concept (POC) web API built using the FastAPI library.",
-    version="0.0.1",
+    version=version,
     contact={
         "name": "RMI",
         "url": "https://github.com/RMI",