diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 30c9c0a..1a39cb7 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ PAPEROPT_a4     = -D latex_paper_size=a4
 PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
 ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -d doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
 
-SFUSER = larsimmisch
-
 .PHONY: help clean html web pickle htmlhelp latex changes linkcheck install
 
 all: html
@@ -77,4 +75,4 @@ gh-pages: html
 	cp -r ./html/* gh-pages
 
 publish: gh-pages
-	cd gh-pages; git commit -a; git push; cd ..
\ No newline at end of file
+	cd gh-pages; git commit -a; git push; cd ..
diff --git a/doc/pyalsaaudio.rst b/doc/pyalsaaudio.rst
index 1dc21cd..136429d 100644
--- a/doc/pyalsaaudio.rst
+++ b/doc/pyalsaaudio.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Introduction
 :Author: Casper Wilstrup <cwi@aves.dk>
 :Author: Lars Immisch <lars@ibp.de>
 
-.. |release| replace:: 0.8
+.. |release| replace:: version
 
 .. % At minimum, give your name and an email address.  You can include a
 .. % snail-mail address if you like.
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ First of all, run::
 
 This is a small test suite that mostly performs consistency tests. If
 it fails, please file a `bug report
-<http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=120651>`_.
+<https://github.com/larsimmisch/pyalsaaudio/issues>`_.
 
 To test PCM recordings (on your default soundcard), verify your
 microphone works, then do::
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b87d93..9e73f8e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@
 It is fairly complete for PCM devices and Mixer access.
 '''
 
+import subprocess
 from distutils.core import setup
 from distutils.extension import Extension
 from sys import version
 
-pyalsa_version = '0.8'
+def gitrev():
+    rev = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'describe', '--tags', '--dirty=-dev',
+                                  '--always'])
+    return rev.decode('utf-8').strip()
+
+pyalsa_version = gitrev()
 
 # patch distutils if it's too old to cope with the "classifiers" or
 # "download_url" keywords