diff --git a/bin/circleator b/bin/circleator
index 2b05429..5c32034 100755
--- a/bin/circleator
+++ b/bin/circleator
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
+use vars qw($VERSION);
 $VERSION = '1.0.0rc4';
 
 =head1 NAME