diff --git a/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx b/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx
index 28433f8..33d4a67 100755
--- a/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cdef dict __VIEW_CLASS__= {}
 from libc.stdlib  cimport malloc
 
 from obitools3.apps.progress cimport ProgressBar  # @UnresolvedImport
+from obitools3.version import version
 
 from ..capi.obiview cimport Alias_column_pair_p, \
                             obi_new_view, \
@@ -434,6 +435,7 @@ cdef class View(OBIWrapper) :
             for i in range(len(input_view_name)):
                 input_str.append(tostr(input_dms_name[i])+"/"+tostr(input_view_name[i]))
         comments["input_str"] = input_str
+        comments["version"] = version
         return bytes2str_object(comments)