diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 85b7392..f9a4511 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.5.8
+current_version = 1.0.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
 [bumpversion:file:ngmaster/__init__.py]
-
diff --git a/ngmaster/__init__.py b/ngmaster/__init__.py
index a240965..afa0219 100644
--- a/ngmaster/__init__.py
+++ b/ngmaster/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Script by Jason Kwong & Torsten Seemann
 # In silico multi-antigen sequence typing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG-MAST)
 
-__version__ = "0.5.8"
+__version__ = "1.0.0"