diff --git a/.meta/.snapcraft.yml b/.meta/.snapcraft.yml
index be3f78f..0f80416 100644
--- a/.meta/.snapcraft.yml
+++ b/.meta/.snapcraft.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 name: git-fame
 summary: Pretty-print `git` repository collaborators sorted by contributions
-description: |
- {description}
+version: '{version}'
 adopt-info: git-fame
 grade: stable
 confinement: strict
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a383126..dae1af4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ jobs:
     - sudo /snap/bin/lxd waitready
     - sudo /snap/bin/lxd init --auto
     install:
+    - pip install setuptools_scm
     - pip install .
     script:
     - make snapcraft.yaml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4202e59..1a56398 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ gitfame/git-fame.1: .meta/.git-fame.1.md gitfame/_gitfame.py
     pandoc -o "$@" -s -t man
 
 snapcraft.yaml: .meta/.snapcraft.yml
-	cat "$<" | sed -e 's/{version}/'"`python -m gitfame --version`"'/g' \
-    -e 's/{commit}/'"`git describe --always`"'/g' \
-    -e 's/{source}/./g' \
-    -e 's/{description}/https:\/\/github.com\/casperdcl\/git-fame/g' > "$@"
+	cat "$<" | sed -e "s/{version}/$$(python -m gitfame --version 2>&1)/g" \
+    -e "s/{commit}/$$(git describe --always)/g" \
+    -e 's/{source}/./g' > "$@"
 
 .dockerignore:
 	echo '*' > $@