diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/python-package.yml b/.gitea/workflows/python-package.yml
index 2ee342a..0e41ec0 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# WARNING!
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE!
+# MANUAL CHANGES CAN AND WILL BE OVERWRITTEN!
+
 name: Package Python
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/python-test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/python-test.yml
index b51db74..3189d0b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# WARNING!
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE!
+# MANUAL CHANGES CAN AND WILL BE OVERWRITTEN!
+
 name: Run Python tests (through Pytest)
 
 on:
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/python-version-check.yml b/.gitea/workflows/python-version-check.yml
index 3c9b44d..c3b5a84 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/python-version-check.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/python-version-check.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# WARNING!
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE!
+# MANUAL CHANGES CAN AND WILL BE OVERWRITTEN!
+
 name: Verify Python project can be installed, loaded and have version checked
 
 on:
diff --git a/CONVENTIONS.md b/CONVENTIONS.md
index 7fc9a32..9bdf447 100644
--- a/CONVENTIONS.md
+++ b/CONVENTIONS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+<!-- WARNING! -->
+<!-- THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE! -->
+<!-- MANUAL CHANGES CAN AND WILL BE OVERWRITTEN! -->
+
 # Conventions
 
 When contributing code to this project, you MUST follow the requirements
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f59eda2..e4a73f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-<!---                   WARNING                    --->
-<!---        THIS IS AN AUTO-GENERATED FILE        --->
-<!---  MANUAL CHANGES CAN AND WILL BE OVERWRITTEN  --->
-
-
+<!-- WARNING! -->
+<!-- THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE! -->
+<!-- MANUAL CHANGES CAN AND WILL BE OVERWRITTEN! -->
 
 # Standardize test format
 
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@ This project does not have any library requirements 😎
 
 Feel free to submit pull requests. Please follow the [Code Conventions](CONVENTIONS.md) when doing so.
 
-
 ### Testing
 
 Testing requires the [pytest](https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/) library.
@@ -54,7 +51,6 @@ Test coverage can be run using the [`pytest-cov`](https://pypi.org/project/pytes
 pytest --cov=standardize_test_format test
 ```
 
-
 ## License
 
 ```
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 50b5f99..c9bbfa2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-# WARNING
-#
-# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE.
-#
-# MANUAL CHANGES CAN AND WILL BE OVERWRITTEN.
+# WARNING!
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE!
+# MANUAL CHANGES CAN AND WILL BE OVERWRITTEN!
 
 import re
 
@@ -36,23 +34,20 @@ take formatting into account.
 PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SHORT = """
 Tool for standardizing Java tests.""".strip()
 
-
 def parse_version_file(text: str) -> str:
-    match = re.match(r'^__version__\s*=\s*(["\'])([\d\.]+)\1$', text)
+    text = re.sub('^#.*', '', text, flags=re.MULTILINE)
+    match = re.match(r'^\s*__version__\s*=\s*(["\'])([\d\.]+)\1$', text)
     if match is None:
         msg = 'Malformed _version.py file!'
         raise Exception(msg)
     return match.group(2)
 
-
 with open(PACKAGE_NAME + '/_version.py') as f:
     version = parse_version_file(f.read())
 
-
 REQUIREMENTS_MAIN = []
 REQUIREMENTS_TEST = []
 
-
 setup(
     name=PACKAGE_NAME,
     version=version,