diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 439d4435d7c93..186f6cf0c5d17 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 # Testing
 /tests/helpers/boring_model.py          @williamfalcon @tchaton @borda
 
-/.github/CODEOWNERS         @williamfalcon
-/README.md                  @williamfalcon @edenlightning @borda
-/setup.py                   @williamfalcon @borda
-/pytorch_lightning/info.py  @williamfalcon @borda
+/.github/CODEOWNERS             @williamfalcon
+/README.md                      @williamfalcon @edenlightning @borda
+/setup.py                       @williamfalcon @borda
+/pytorch_lightning/__info__.py  @williamfalcon @borda
diff --git a/.github/prepare-nightly_version.py b/.github/prepare-nightly_version.py
index 61710e73d69fd..57f1c51e6e95b 100644
--- a/.github/prepare-nightly_version.py
+++ b/.github/prepare-nightly_version.py
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
 
 # set paths
 _PATH_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
-_PATH_INIT = os.path.join(_PATH_ROOT, 'pytorch_lightning', '__init__.py')
+_PATH_INFO = os.path.join(_PATH_ROOT, 'pytorch_lightning', '__info__.py')
 
 # get today date
 now = datetime.datetime.now()
 now_date = now.strftime("%Y%m%d")
 
-print(f"prepare init '{_PATH_INIT}' - replace version by {now_date}")
-with open(_PATH_INIT, 'r') as fp:
+print(f"prepare init '{_PATH_INFO}' - replace version by {now_date}")
+with open(_PATH_INFO, 'r') as fp:
     init = fp.read()
 init = re.sub(r'__version__ = [\d\.\w\'"]+', f'__version__ = "{now_date}"', init)
-with open(_PATH_INIT, 'w') as fp:
+with open(_PATH_INFO, 'w') as fp:
     fp.write(init)
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 68a33c709ef91..237ba2515d36f 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 SPHINX_MOCK_REQUIREMENTS = int(os.environ.get('SPHINX_MOCK_REQUIREMENTS', True))
 
 try:
-    from pytorch_lightning import info
+    from pytorch_lightning import __info__ as info
 except ImportError:
     # alternative https://stackoverflow.com/a/67692/4521646
     sys.path.append(os.path.join(PATH_ROOT, "pytorch_lightning"))
-    import info
+    import __info__ as info
 
 # -- Project documents -------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/info.py b/pytorch_lightning/__info__.py
similarity index 98%
rename from pytorch_lightning/info.py
rename to pytorch_lightning/__info__.py
index 7e179940d2168..c2fbab022db07 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/info.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/__info__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import time
 
 _this_year = time.strftime("%Y")
-__version__ = '1.3.0rc0'
+__version__ = '1.3.0rc1'
 __author__ = 'William Falcon et al.'
 __author_email__ = 'waf2107@columbia.edu'
 __license__ = 'Apache-2.0'
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py b/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
index b9660475bf2f7..46ad8ec52f7fe 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 
-from pytorch_lightning.info import (  # noqa: F401
+from pytorch_lightning.__info__ import (  # noqa: F401
     __author__,
     __author_email__,
     __copyright__,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0979de8ce9065..ef45a108918aa 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 try:
-    from pytorch_lightning import info, setup_tools
+    from pytorch_lightning import __info__ as info, setup_tools
 except ImportError:
     # alternative https://stackoverflow.com/a/67692/4521646
     sys.path.append("pytorch_lightning")
-    import info
+    import __info__ as info
     import setup_tools
 
 # https://packaging.python.org/guides/single-sourcing-package-version/