diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 48c6569..1b6ffb0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "article_scraper"
-version = "1.1.7"
+version = "1.1.8-alpha.0"
 authors = ["Jan Lukas Gernert <jangernert@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"