diff --git a/paperforge/cli.py b/paperforge/cli.py
index 6e8abaa3..636c1c6b 100644
--- a/paperforge/cli.py
+++ b/paperforge/cli.py
@@ -116,10 +116,13 @@ def _import_worker_functions() -> None:
 # Build parser
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
+    from paperforge import __version__
+
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         prog="paperforge",
-        description="PaperForge — Obsidian + Zotero literature pipeline CLI",
+        description="PaperForge \u2014 Obsidian + Zotero literature pipeline CLI",
     )
+    parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version=f"paperforge {__version__}")
     parser.add_argument(
         "--vault",
         metavar="VAULT",
diff --git a/paperforge/plugin/main.js b/paperforge/plugin/main.js
index f150a835..606a0865 100644
--- a/paperforge/plugin/main.js
+++ b/paperforge/plugin/main.js
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class PaperForgeStatusView extends ItemView {
     _fetchVersion() {
         const vp = this.app.vault.adapter.basePath;
         const pythonExe = resolvePythonExecutable(vp);
-        execFile(pythonExe, ['-m', 'paperforge', '--version'], { cwd: vp, timeout: 10000 }, (err, stdout) => {
+        execFile(pythonExe, ['-c', 'import paperforge; print(paperforge.__version__)'], { cwd: vp, timeout: 10000 }, (err, stdout) => {
             if (!err && stdout) {
                 const v = stdout.trim();
                 this._paperforgeVersion = v.startsWith('v') ? v : 'v' + v;
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ class PaperForgeSetupModal extends Modal {
         try {
             let hasPaperforge = true;
             try {
-                await runPython(['-m', 'paperforge', '--version']);
+                await runPython(['-c', 'import paperforge']);
             } catch {
                 hasPaperforge = false;
             }