diff --git a/version.js b/version.js
index dce117ae..eaf1e5fe 100755
--- a/version.js
+++ b/version.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 var x;
-eval("x= " + require("fs").readFileSync(__dirname + "/package.json"))
-console.log(x.version)
\ No newline at end of file
+x = require('./package');
+console.log(x.version)