diff --git a/.release.sh b/.release.sh
index 2f29a39..9aecdda 100755
--- a/.release.sh
+++ b/.release.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,19 @@ if hg tags | grep "${VERSIONSTR}" > /dev/null; then
     sleep 3
     MODFILE="${PYWEB}/mumble/__init__.py"
     vi "$MODFILE" -c '/version ='
-    hg commit "$MODFILE" -m 'Bump version'
+    hg commit "$MODFILE" -m 'Bump mumble module version'
+fi
+
+VERSIONSTR=`python -c 'import mumble; print mumble.version_str'`
+
+SETUPVER=`grep 'version=' setup_mucli.py | cut '-d"' -f2`
+if [ "v${SETUPVER}" != "${VERSIONSTR}" ]; then
+    echo "Warning: Version string in setup_mucli.py has not been updated."
+    echo "         Running vi so you can fix it in three, two, one."
+    sleep 3
+    MODFILE="${PYWEB}/setup_mucli.py"
+    vi "$MODFILE" -c '/version='
+    hg commit "$MODFILE" -m 'Bump version in setup_mucli.py'
 fi
 
 HISTFILE=`tempfile`
@@ -39,8 +51,6 @@ hg log -r "${LASTTAG}:tip" > "${HISTFILE}"
 vi -p "${HISTFILE}" "${BASEDIR}/CHANGELOG"
 rm "${HISTFILE}"
 
-VERSIONSTR=`python -c 'import mumble; print mumble.version_str'`
-
 echo "New version will be tagged ${VERSIONSTR}. If this is correct, hit enter to continue."
 read