diff --git a/dist/kiwi b/dist/kiwi
index cbfdace..d5cc0ef 100755
--- a/dist/kiwi
+++ b/dist/kiwi
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 
 # base config filename
 KIWI_CONF_NAME="kiwi.yml"
-# version tag filename
-KIWI_VERSION_TAG="kiwi_scp/data/etc/version_tag"
 
 # dependencies to run kiwi-scp
 KIWI_DEPENDENCIES="python3 less docker docker-compose"
@@ -18,12 +16,14 @@ KIWI_PROFILE="${HOME}/.kiwi_profile"
 
 # repository uri
 KIWI_REPO="https://github.com/ldericher/kiwi-scp"
+KIWI_REPO_RAW="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ldericher/kiwi-scp"
 # use latest version by default
 KIWI_VERSION="master"
 
-# URI of "kiwi" launcher script
-KIWI_URI="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ldericher/kiwi-scp/master/dist/kiwi"
-INSTALLER_URI="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ldericher/kiwi-scp/master/dist/install.sh"
+# URIs in this directory
+PACKAGE_URI="pyproject.toml"
+KIWI_URI="dist/kiwi"
+INSTALLER_URI="dist/install.sh"
 # canary file: limit curl requests
 CANARY_FILENAME="/tmp/kiwi-scp-$(id -u).canary"
 CANARY_MAX_AGE=600
@@ -115,14 +115,14 @@ fi
 if [ "${run_kiwi_check}" = "yes" ]; then
   # hash this script and the master version
   hash_local="$(md5sum <"$(readlink -f "${0}")")"
-  hash_remote="$(curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfL "${KIWI_URI}" | md5sum)"
+  hash_remote="$(curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfL "${KIWI_REPO_RAW}/${KIWI_VERSION}/${KIWI_URI}" | md5sum)"
 
   # warn if different
   if [ "${hash_local}" != "${hash_remote}" ]; then
 
     if yes_no "Your kiwi launcher is outdated. Update now?" >/dev/stderr; then
       # should reinstall, so download installer
-      installer="$(curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfL "${INSTALLER_URI}")"
+      installer="$(curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfL "${KIWI_REPO_RAW}/${KIWI_VERSION}/${INSTALLER_URI}")"
 
       if yes_no "Use sudo to run as root?"; then
         # enable system-wide install
@@ -177,11 +177,9 @@ if [ ! -x "$(kiwi_executable)" ]; then
 
   # read version tag
   KIWI_VERSION="$( \
-    curl \
-      --proto '=https' \
-      --tlsv1.2 \
-      -sSfL \
-      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ldericher/kiwi-scp/${KIWI_VERSION}/${KIWI_VERSION_TAG}" \
+    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfL "${KIWI_REPO_RAW}/${KIWI_VERSION}/${PACKAGE_URI}" \
+    | grep -r 'version\s*=' \
+    | sed -r "s/version\s*=\s*\"([^\"]*)\"$/\1/" \
   )"
 
   if [ -x "$(kiwi_executable)" ]; then