diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 33e00d6..0000000
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible Node.js debug attributes.
-    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
-    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "type": "node",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "name": "Launch Program",
-            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/.bin/mocha",
-            "args": [
-                "--require", "should",
-                "test/ansi_up-test.js"
-            ],
-            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
-            "outDir": "${workspaceRoot}/",
-            "sourceMaps": true
-        },
-        {
-            "type": "node",
-            "request": "attach",
-            "name": "Attach to Process",
-            "port": 5858,
-            "outDir": "${workspaceRoot}/"
-        }
-    ]
-}
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diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 34862b5..0000000
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
-    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
-    "version": "0.1.0",
-    "command": "./node_modules/.bin/tsc",
-    "isShellCommand": true,
-    "args": ["-p", "."],
-    "showOutput": "always"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index ceab6e1..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ansi_up.js b/ansi_up.js
index 99947bd..12661fd 100644
--- a/ansi_up.js
+++ b/ansi_up.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ var PacketKind;
 })(PacketKind || (PacketKind = {}));
 export class AnsiUp {
     constructor() {
-        this.VERSION = "5.2.1";
+        this.VERSION = "6.0.0";
         this.setup_palettes();
         this._use_classes = false;
         this.bold = false;
diff --git a/ansi_up.ts b/ansi_up.ts
index be5b353..d16b6cf 100644
--- a/ansi_up.ts
+++ b/ansi_up.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ interface TextPacket {
 
 export class AnsiUp
 {
-    VERSION = "5.2.1";
+    VERSION = "6.0.0";
 
     //
     // *** SEE README ON GITHUB FOR PUBLIC API ***
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a1f2be0..47ee0ea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ansi_up",
-  "version": "5.2.1",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "description": "Convert ansi sequences in strings to colorful HTML",
   "keywords": [
     "ansi",