diff --git a/gramps/gen/merge/test/merge_ref_test.py b/gramps/gen/merge/test/merge_ref_test.py
index 0a974bfc1..eae2d7255 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/merge/test/merge_ref_test.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/merge/test/merge_ref_test.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ import libxml2
 import libxslt
 
 from libgrampsxml import GRAMPS_XML_VERSION
-from ...const import ROOT_DIR, VERSION, USER_PLUGINS
+from ...const import ROOT_DIR, USER_PLUGINS
+from ....version import VERSION
 from ...lib import Name, Surname
 from ...const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
 _ = glocale.get_translation().sgettext
diff --git a/gramps/gen/plug/_pluginreg.py b/gramps/gen/plug/_pluginreg.py
index 9eb3bbe60..db3f55f6a 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/plug/_pluginreg.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/plug/_pluginreg.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import io
 # GRAMPS modules
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from ..const import VERSION as GRAMPSVERSION, VERSION_TUPLE
+from ...version import VERSION as GRAMPSVERSION, VERSION_TUPLE
 from ..const import IMAGE_DIR
 from ..const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
 _ = glocale.get_translation().gettext
diff --git a/gramps/gen/plug/utils.py b/gramps/gen/plug/utils.py
index 0e8ca6b47..14eb76a67 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/plug/utils.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/plug/utils.py
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ else:
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from ._pluginreg import make_environment
-from ..const import USER_PLUGINS, VERSION_TUPLE
+from ..const import USER_PLUGINS
+from ...version import VERSION_TUPLE
 from ..utils.file import get_unicode_path_from_file_chooser
 from ..const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
 _ = glocale.get_translation().gettext
diff --git a/gramps/grampsapp.py b/gramps/grampsapp.py
index b0844f680..93e1c455a 100644
--- a/gramps/grampsapp.py
+++ b/gramps/grampsapp.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 # GRAMPS modules
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from .gen.const import APP_GRAMPS, USER_DIRLIST, HOME_DIR, VERSION_TUPLE
+from .gen.const import APP_GRAMPS, USER_DIRLIST, HOME_DIR
+from .version import VERSION_TUPLE
 from .gen.constfunc import win
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ def show_settings():
         bsddb_db_str = 'not found'
 
     try: 
-        from .gen.const import VERSION
+        from .version import VERSION
         gramps_str = VERSION
     except:
         gramps_str = 'not found'
diff --git a/gramps/gui/logger/_errorreportassistant.py b/gramps/gui/logger/_errorreportassistant.py
index a3733585a..c9ed333df 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/logger/_errorreportassistant.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/logger/_errorreportassistant.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ else:
 # Gramps modules
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from gramps.gen.const import VERSION, ICON, SPLASH
+from gramps.gen.const import ICON, SPLASH
+from gramps.version import VERSION
 from ..display import display_help, display_url
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/docgen/htmldoc.py b/gramps/plugins/docgen/htmldoc.py
index e027c3c71..acf7a19d6 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/docgen/htmldoc.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/docgen/htmldoc.py
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ import time
 from gramps.gen.const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
 _ = glocale.get_translation().gettext
 from gramps.gen.utils.image import resize_to_jpeg
-from gramps.gen.const import DATA_DIR, WEBSTUFF_IMAGE_DIR, PROGRAM_NAME, URL_HOMEPAGE, VERSION
+from gramps.gen.const import DATA_DIR, WEBSTUFF_IMAGE_DIR, PROGRAM_NAME, URL_HOMEPAGE
+from gramps.version import VERSION
 from gramps.gen.plug.docgen import BaseDoc, TextDoc, FONT_SANS_SERIF, URL_PATTERN
 from gramps.plugins.lib.libhtmlbackend import HtmlBackend, process_spaces
 from gramps.plugins.lib.libhtml import Html
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/docgen/odfdoc.py b/gramps/plugins/docgen/odfdoc.py
index 832df55f8..afb58e6bf 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/docgen/odfdoc.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/docgen/odfdoc.py
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ from gramps.gen.plug.docgen import (BaseDoc, TextDoc, DrawDoc, graphicstyle,
                     LOCAL_HYPERLINK, LOCAL_TARGET)
 from gramps.gen.plug.docgen.fontscale import string_width
 from gramps.plugins.lib.libodfbackend import OdfBackend
-from gramps.gen.const import PROGRAM_NAME, VERSION
+from gramps.gen.const import PROGRAM_NAME
+from gramps.version import VERSION
 from gramps.gen.plug.report import utils as ReportUtils
 from gramps.gen.utils.image import image_size, image_dpi, image_actual_size
 from gramps.gen.errors import ReportError
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/export/exportgedcom.py b/gramps/plugins/export/exportgedcom.py
index 4ae2f1582..795773108 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/export/exportgedcom.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/export/exportgedcom.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import io
 from gramps.gen.const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
 _ = glocale.get_translation().gettext
 from gramps.gen.lib import AttributeType, ChildRefType, Citation, Date, EventRoleType, EventType, LdsOrd, NameType, NoteType, Person, UrlType
-from gramps.gen.const import VERSION
+from gramps.version import VERSION
 import gramps.plugins.lib.libgedcom as libgedcom
 from gramps.gen.errors import DatabaseError
 from gramps.gui.plug.export import WriterOptionBox
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/export/exportvcard.py b/gramps/plugins/export/exportvcard.py
index 03cf93718..d5da7804e 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/export/exportvcard.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/export/exportvcard.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ log = logging.getLogger(".ExportVCard")
 from gramps.gen.const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
 _ = glocale.get_translation().gettext
 from gramps.gui.plug.export import WriterOptionBox
-from gramps.gen.const import PROGRAM_NAME, VERSION
+from gramps.gen.const import PROGRAM_NAME
+from gramps.version import VERSION
 from gramps.gen.lib import Date
 from gramps.gen.lib.urltype import UrlType
 from gramps.gen.lib.eventtype import EventType
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/export/exportxml.py b/gramps/plugins/export/exportxml.py
index c97c031e5..86bca0025 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/export/exportxml.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/export/exportxml.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(".WriteXML")
 from gramps.gen.lib import Date, Person
 from gramps.gen.updatecallback import UpdateCallback
 from gramps.gen.db.exceptions import DbWriteFailure
-from gramps.gen.const import VERSION
+from gramps.version import VERSION
 from gramps.gen.constfunc import win
 from gramps.gui.plug.export import WriterOptionBox
 import gramps.plugins.lib.libgrampsxml as libgrampsxml
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/export/test/exportvcard_test.py b/gramps/plugins/export/test/exportvcard_test.py
index a30ae6a03..d0427cb02 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/export/test/exportvcard_test.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/export/test/exportvcard_test.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import subprocess
 import libxml2
 
 from gramps.plugins.lib.libgrampsxml import GRAMPS_XML_VERSION
-from gramps.gen.const import VERSION
+from gramps.version import VERSION
 import exportvcard
 
 class VCardCheck(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/importer/importxml.py b/gramps/plugins/importer/importxml.py
index 6d3bd24f6..93d65ac5f 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/importer/importxml.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/importer/importxml.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ from gramps.gen.db.dbconst import (PERSON_KEY, FAMILY_KEY, SOURCE_KEY,
                                    REPOSITORY_KEY, NOTE_KEY, TAG_KEY, 
                                    CITATION_KEY)
 from gramps.gen.updatecallback import UpdateCallback
-from gramps.gen.const import VERSION
+from gramps.version import VERSION
 from gramps.gen.config import config
 #import gramps.plugins.lib.libgrampsxml
 from gramps.plugins.lib import libgrampsxml
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/webreport/narrativeweb.py b/gramps/plugins/webreport/narrativeweb.py
index 354733a90..de06ee0c5 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/webreport/narrativeweb.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/webreport/narrativeweb.py
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ from gramps.gen.lib import (ChildRefType, Date, EventType, FamilyRelType, Name,
                             EventRoleType, Family, Event, Place, Source,
                             Citation, MediaObject, Repository, Note, Tag)
 from gramps.gen.lib.date import Today
-from gramps.gen.const import PROGRAM_NAME, URL_HOMEPAGE, VERSION
+from gramps.gen.const import PROGRAM_NAME, URL_HOMEPAGE
+from gramps.version import VERSION
 from gramps.gen.sort import Sort
 from gramps.gen.plug.menu import PersonOption, NumberOption, StringOption, \
                           BooleanOption, EnumeratedListOption, FilterOption, \
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/webreport/webcal.py b/gramps/plugins/webreport/webcal.py
index 250604278..ea96b1c52 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/webreport/webcal.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/webreport/webcal.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ log = logging.getLogger(".WebPage")
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from gramps.gen.lib import Date, Name, NameType, Person
 from gramps.gen.lib.date import Today
-from gramps.gen.const import PROGRAM_NAME, URL_HOMEPAGE, USER_HOME, VERSION
+from gramps.gen.const import PROGRAM_NAME, URL_HOMEPAGE, USER_HOME
+from gramps.versioin import VERSION
 from gramps.gen.constfunc import win
 from gramps.gen.config import config
 from gramps.gen.plug.report import Report
diff --git a/gramps/version.py b/gramps/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff5015277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gramps/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013       John Ralls <jralls@ceridwen.us>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+# $Id$
+
+VERSION_TUPLE = (4, 1, 0)
+VERSION        = '.'.join(map(str,VERSION_TUPLE))
+major_version = "%s.%s" % (VERSION_TUPLE[0], VERSION_TUPLE[1])
diff --git a/gramps/webapp/grampsdb/views.py b/gramps/webapp/grampsdb/views.py
index 099005bd4..0dada8b30 100644
--- a/gramps/webapp/grampsdb/views.py
+++ b/gramps/webapp/grampsdb/views.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ from django.utils import simplejson
 # Gramps Modules
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from gramps.gen.const import VERSION
+from gramps.version import VERSION
 
 # Gramps-connect imports:
 import gramps.webapp