Getting value from appsettings.json in .net core

Not sure what am I missing here but I am not able to get the values from my appsettings.json in my .net core application. I have my appsettings.json as:

{
    "AppSettings": {
        "Version": "One"
    }
}

Startup:

public class Startup
{
    private IConfigurationRoot _configuration;
    public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
    {
        _configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
    }
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
      //Here I setup to read appsettings        
      services.Configure<AppSettings>(_configuration.GetSection("AppSettings"));
    }
}

Model:

public class AppSettings
{
    public string Version{ get; set; }
}

Controller:

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    private readonly AppSettings _mySettings;

    public HomeController(IOptions<AppSettings> settings)
    {
        //This is always null
        _mySettings = settings.Value;
    }
}

_mySettings is always null. Is there something that I am missing here?