diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9f2d2205..9f9da315 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitui"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 dependencies = [
  "asyncgit",
  "backtrace",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b886d1f4..b90cdaf3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitui"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 authors = ["Stephan Dilly <dilly.stephan@gmail.com>"]
 description = "blazing fast terminal-ui for git"
 edition = "2018"