diff --git a/manga_ocr/__init__.py b/manga_ocr/__init__.py
index 51002f0..240614d 100644
--- a/manga_ocr/__init__.py
+++ b/manga_ocr/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = '0.1.7'
+__version__ = '0.1.8'
 
 from manga_ocr.ocr import MangaOcr
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5ad5007..18ec3be 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ long_description = (Path(__file__).parent / "README.md").read_text('utf-8').spli
 
 setup(
     name="manga-ocr",
-    version='0.1.7',
+    version='0.1.8',
     description="OCR for Japanese manga",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",