diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 2e9d8c7..4eb859a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ int main( int argc, const char** argv )
   std::string country;
   int topn;
 
-  TCLAP::CmdLine cmd("OpenAlpr Command Line Utility", ' ', OPENALPR_VERSION);
+  TCLAP::CmdLine cmd("OpenAlpr Command Line Utility", ' ', Alpr::getVersion());
 
   TCLAP::UnlabeledValueArg<std::string>  fileArg( "image_file", "Image containing license plates", false, "", "image_file_path"  );
 
+  
   TCLAP::ValueArg<std::string> countryCodeArg("c","country","Country code to identify (either us for USA or eu for Europe).  Default=us",false, "us" ,"country_code");
   TCLAP::ValueArg<int> seekToMsArg("","seek","Seek to the specied millisecond in a video file. Default=0",false, 0 ,"integer_ms");
   TCLAP::ValueArg<std::string> runtimeDirArg("r","runtime_dir","Path to the OpenAlpr runtime data directory",false, "" ,"runtime_dir");
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ int main( int argc, const char** argv )
     return 1;
   }
 
+  
   cv::Mat frame;
 
   Alpr alpr(country, runtimePath);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr.cpp b/src/openalpr/alpr.cpp
index 715c53f..06d8f02 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ bool Alpr::isLoaded()
   return true;
 }
 
+std::string Alpr::getVersion()
+{
+  return AlprImpl::getVersion();
+}
+
 // Results code
 
 AlprResult::AlprResult()
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr.h b/src/openalpr/alpr.h
index 1200a51..b2e6fa0 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
 
-#define OPENALPR_VERSION "1.0"
 
 struct AlprPlate
 {
@@ -77,6 +76,8 @@ class Alpr
     std::string toJson(const std::vector<AlprResult> results);
 
     bool isLoaded();
+    
+    static std::string getVersion();
 
   private:
     AlprImpl* impl;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
index 9bdc144..e086e2b 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
@@ -352,3 +352,11 @@ void AlprImpl::setDefaultRegion(string region)
   this->defaultRegion = region;
 }
 
+std::string AlprImpl::getVersion()
+{
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  
+  ss << OPENALPR_MAJOR_VERSION << "." << OPENALPR_MINOR_VERSION << "." << OPENALPR_PATCH_VERSION;
+  return ss.str();
+}
+
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.h b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.h
index 2425e39..196e387 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #define ALPRIMPL_H
 
 #include <list>
+#include <sstream>
 
 #include "alpr.h"
 #include "config.h"
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@
 #include "charactersegmenter.h"
 #include "ocr.h"
 
+#include "constants.h"
+
 #include "cjson.h"
 
 #include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ class AlprImpl
     void setDefaultRegion(string region);
     
     std::string toJson(const vector<AlprResult> results);
+    static std::string getVersion();
     
     Config* config;
     
diff --git a/src/openalpr/constants.h b/src/openalpr/constants.h
index f749a05..30e21b5 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/constants.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/constants.h
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
+#define OPENALPR_MAJOR_VERSION 1
+#define OPENALPR_MINOR_VERSION 1
+#define OPENALPR_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 #define CONFIG_FILE 		"/openalpr.conf"
 #define KEYPOINTS_DIR		"/keypoints"