diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6de9aa3f9e5ce10e9dbd55c6c98081ef5209077c..9e110a3cde1d4aaf2c6137574b4b54b6cb0cb9f9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ before_script:
   - curl -L https://codeclimate.com/downloads/test-reporter/test-reporter-latest-linux-amd64 > ./cc-test-reporter
   - chmod +x ./cc-test-reporter
   - ./cc-test-reporter before-build
+  - python setup.py develop  # need to install to get version number
   
 script: python ./test.py
 
diff --git a/nd2reader/__init__.py b/nd2reader/__init__.py
index 970eb63936129eb738b4e96ae0fe2b7a544e63f7..353176e72720c3fb9eed4ce5718e470d1ff47ef6 100644
--- a/nd2reader/__init__.py
+++ b/nd2reader/__init__.py
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ from os import path
 from nd2reader.reader import ND2Reader
 from nd2reader.legacy import Nd2
 
-#try:
-import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
-#except:
-#    import importlib_metadata
+try:
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+except:
+    import importlib_metadata
 
 try:
     __version__ = importlib_metadata.version(__name__)
 except:
-    raise ValueError('Unable to read version number')
+    print('Unable to read version number')