diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d296e8f..ada861d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# iagitup.py - v1.5 - archive a github repository to the Internet Archive
+# iagitup - v1.5 - archive a git repository from GitHub to the Internet Archive
 
 A tool to archive a GitHub repository on the Internet Archive.
 The script downloads the GitHub repository, creates a [git bundle](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bundle) and uploads it on archive.org
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ You can add also custom metadata:
 
     iagitup --metadata=<key:value,key2:val2> <github_repo_url>
 
+To know the version:
+
+    iagitup -v
+
 Example:
 
     iagitup https://github.com/<GITHUBUSER>/<RESPOSITORY>
diff --git a/iagitup/__main__.py b/iagitup/__main__.py
index 1dd025f..2b6e894 100644
--- a/iagitup/__main__.py
+++ b/iagitup/__main__.py
@@ -38,13 +38,17 @@
 
 # Configure argparser
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=PROGRAM_DESCRIPTION)
-parser.add_argument('--metadata', '-m', default=None, type=str, required=False, help="Custom metadata to add to the archive.org item")
+parser.add_argument('--metadata', '-m', default=None, type=str, required=False, help="custom metadata to add to the archive.org item.")
+parser.add_argument('--version', '-v', action='version', version=__version__)
 parser.add_argument('gitubeurl', type=str, help='[GITHUB REPO] to archive')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-
-
 def main():
+    print args.v
+    if args.v:
+        print __version__
+        exit(0)
+
     URL = args.gitubeurl
     custom_metadata = args.metadata
     md = None