diff --git a/manage.sh b/manage.sh
index 0762305..670556f 100644
--- a/manage.sh
+++ b/manage.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ is_running() {
 
 # Function to get current version
 get_version() {
-    if [ -f "$INSTALL_DIR/pyproject.toml" ]; then
+    # Try to read from _version.py first (generated by setuptools_scm)
+    if [ -f "$INSTALL_DIR/repeater/_version.py" ]; then
+        grep "^__version__ = version = " "$INSTALL_DIR/repeater/_version.py" | cut -d"'" -f2 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown"
+    elif [ -f "$INSTALL_DIR/pyproject.toml" ]; then
         grep "^version" "$INSTALL_DIR/pyproject.toml" | cut -d'"' -f2 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown"
     else
         echo "not installed"
@@ -226,7 +229,8 @@ install_repeater() {
     # Generate version file using setuptools_scm before copying
     if [ -d .git ]; then
         git fetch --tags 2>/dev/null || true
-        python3 -m setuptools_scm 2>/dev/null || true
+        # Write the version file that will be copied
+        python3 -c "from setuptools_scm import get_version; get_version(write_to='repeater/_version.py', local_scheme='no-local-version')" 2>/dev/null || true
     fi
     
     echo "30"; echo "# Installing files..."
@@ -392,7 +396,8 @@ upgrade_repeater() {
         # Generate version file using setuptools_scm before copying
         if [ -d .git ]; then
             git fetch --tags 2>/dev/null || true
-            python3 -m setuptools_scm 2>/dev/null || true
+            # Write the version file that will be copied
+            python3 -c "from setuptools_scm import get_version; get_version(write_to='repeater/_version.py', local_scheme='no-local-version')" 2>/dev/null || true
         fi
         echo "    ✓ Version file generated"