diff --git a/src/mslice/__init__.py b/src/mslice/__init__.py
index 216a468c..96c66c8a 100644
--- a/src/mslice/__init__.py
+++ b/src/mslice/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 A PyQt-based version of the MSlice (http://mslice.isis.rl.ac.uk) program based
 on Mantid (http://www.mantidproject.org).
 """
-
+print("version")
 version_info = (2, 9, 1)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))
 __project_url__ = 'https://github.com/mantidproject/mslice'