diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index c13169c..df13c2b 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -4375,6 +4375,18 @@ webencodings = ">=0.4"
 doc = ["sphinx", "sphinx_rtd_theme"]
 test = ["pytest", "ruff"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.10.2"
+description = "Python Library for Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
+files = [
+    {file = "toml-0.10.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:806143ae5bfb6a3c6e736a764057db0e6a0e05e338b5630894a5f779cabb4f9b"},
+    {file = "toml-0.10.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b3bda1d108d5dd99f4a20d24d9c348e91c4db7ab1b749200bded2f839ccbe68f"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tomli"
 version = "2.0.2"
@@ -4688,4 +4700,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<3.13"
-content-hash = "d3f1a9b775ba6ad7e56d90fbcfc819f339d89abf16d11c070a6d43c0c05f978b"
+content-hash = "daca350144de1d307720245b6aadb229b24c7705d62584584608d96a7478c6d9"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7eaedc4..428e0ce 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ scipy = "^1.13.1"
 cloudpickle = "^3.0.0"
 nptyping = "^2.5.0"
 librosa = "^0.10.2.post1"
+toml = "^0.10.2"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.group.docs.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/new_fave/__init__.py b/src/new_fave/__init__.py
index 8871cc1..c8fe4b1 100644
--- a/src/new_fave/__init__.py
+++ b/src/new_fave/__init__.py
@@ -10,8 +10,17 @@
 
 from importlib.metadata import version
 
-# this is bugged for testing
-#__version__ = version("new_fave")
+from pathlib import Path
+import toml
+
+__version__ = "unknown"
+# adopt path to your pyproject.toml
+pyproject_toml_file = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / "pyproject.toml"
+if pyproject_toml_file.exists() and pyproject_toml_file.is_file():
+    data = toml.load(pyproject_toml_file)
+    # check project.version
+    if "tool" in data and "poetry" in data["tool"] and "version" in data["tool"]["poetry"]:
+        __version__ = data["tool"]["poetry"]["version"]
 
 __all__ = [
     "VowelMeasurement", 
diff --git a/src/new_fave/extract.py b/src/new_fave/extract.py
index c6009b4..10c1fb2 100644
--- a/src/new_fave/extract.py
+++ b/src/new_fave/extract.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 def ask(message: str) -> bool:
     response = click.confirm(
         f"{message}",
-        default=True
+        default=False
     )
     return response
 
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..feb847f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+import toml
+import new_fave
+
+def test_version():
+    pyproject_toml_file = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "pyproject.toml"
+    toml_v = "unknown"
+    if pyproject_toml_file.exists() and pyproject_toml_file.is_file():
+        data = toml.load(pyproject_toml_file)
+        # check project.version
+        if "project" in data and "version" in data["project"]:
+            toml_v = data["project"]["version"]
+        # check tool.poetry.version
+        elif "tool" in data and "poetry" in data["tool"] and "version" in data["tool"]["poetry"]:
+            toml_v = data["tool"]["poetry"]["version"]
+    
+    assert new_fave.__version__ == toml_v
+    
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