diff --git a/dacapo/__init__.py b/dacapo/__init__.py
index 10b67fd8c..fcca5ce7b 100644
--- a/dacapo/__init__.py
+++ b/dacapo/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-__version__ = 0.3.0
+__version__ = "0.3.0"
+__version_info__ = tuple(int(i) for i in __version__.split("."))
 
 from .options import Options  # noqa
 from . import experiments, utils  # noqa