diff --git a/parfor/__init__.py b/parfor/__init__.py
index c82bb08..1d2109e 100644
--- a/parfor/__init__.py
+++ b/parfor/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import multiprocessing
 from collections import UserDict
 from contextlib import ExitStack, redirect_stderr, redirect_stdout
 from functools import wraps
-from os import getpid
+from importlib.metadata import version
+from os import devnull, getpid
 from time import time
 from traceback import format_exc
 from typing import Any, Callable, Hashable, Iterable, Iterator, NoReturn, Optional, Protocol, Sized, TypeVar
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 from .pickler import dumps, loads
 
 cpu_count = int(multiprocessing.cpu_count())
+__version__ = version('parfor')
 
 
 Result = TypeVar('Result')
@@ -531,7 +533,7 @@ class Worker:
                 task = self.queue_in.get(True, 0.02)
                 try:
                     self.add_to_queue('started', task.pool_id, task.handle, pid)
-                    with redirect_stdout(None), redirect_stderr(None):
+                    with redirect_stdout(open(devnull, 'w')), redirect_stderr(open(devnull, 'w')):
                         self.add_to_queue('done', task.pool_id, task(self.shared_memory))
                 except Exception:  # noqa
                     self.add_to_queue('task_error', task.pool_id, task.handle, format_exc())
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d77457..f1eb76d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "parfor"
-version = "2024.7.0"
+version = "2024.7.1"
 description = "A package to mimic the use of parfor as done in Matlab."
 authors = ["Wim Pomp <wimpomp@gmail.com>"]
 license = "GPLv3"