diff --git a/src/Tulip.jl b/src/Tulip.jl
index e077c788..de35dccc 100644
--- a/src/Tulip.jl
+++ b/src/Tulip.jl
@@ -8,15 +8,9 @@ using TOML
 
 using TimerOutputs
 
-const _TULIP_VERSION = Ref{VersionNumber}()
-
-function __init__()
-    # Read Tulip version from Project.toml file
-    tlp_ver = VersionNumber(TOML.parsefile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "Project.toml"))["version"])
-    _TULIP_VERSION[] = tlp_ver
-end
-
-version() = _TULIP_VERSION[]
+# Read Tulip version from Project.toml file
+const TULIP_VERSION = VersionNumber(TOML.parsefile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "Project.toml"))["version"])
+version() = TULIP_VERSION
 
 include("utils.jl")