diff --git a/erepublik/__init__.py b/erepublik/__init__.py
index c9384bd..06149bc 100644
--- a/erepublik/__init__.py
+++ b/erepublik/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 __author__ = """Eriks Karls"""
 __email__ = 'eriks@72.lv'
 __version__ = '0.20.0'
+__commit_id__ = "04bb0be"
 
 from erepublik import classes, utils
 from erepublik.citizen import Citizen
diff --git a/erepublik/utils.py b/erepublik/utils.py
index f6d0b5c..8bc8d78 100644
--- a/erepublik/utils.py
+++ b/erepublik/utils.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from typing import Any, List, Mapping, NoReturn, Optional, Union
 import pytz
 import requests
 
+from . import __commit_id__
+
 try:
     import simplejson as json
 except ImportError:
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ if not sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
                          'But Your version is v{}.{}.{}'.format(*sys.version_info))
 
 FOOD_ENERGY = dict(q1=2, q2=4, q3=6, q4=8, q5=10, q6=12, q7=20)
-COMMIT_ID = "04bb0be"
+COMMIT_ID = __commit_id__
 
 erep_tz = pytz.timezone('US/Pacific')
 AIR_RANKS = {1: "Airman", 2: "Airman 1st Class", 3: "Airman 1st Class*", 4: "Airman 1st Class**",
diff --git a/set_commit_id.sh b/set_commit_id.sh
index c2102a4..39ed3cc 100755
--- a/set_commit_id.sh
+++ b/set_commit_id.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 commit=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:%h)
-sed -i.bak -E "s|COMMIT_ID = \".+\"|COMMIT_ID = \"${commit}\"|g" erepublik/utils.py
-rm erepublik/utils.py.bak
+sed -i.bak -E "s|__commit_id__ = \".+\"|__commit_id__ = \"${commit}\"|g" erepublik/__init__.py
+rm erepublik/__init__.py.bak