diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ddae61..73032a6 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# twitter\_ebooks 2.1.7
+# twitter\_ebooks 2.1.8
 
 Rewrite of my twitter\_ebooks code. While the original was solely a tweeting Markov generator, this framework helps you build any kind of interactive twitterbot which responds to mentions/DMs.
 
diff --git a/lib/twitter_ebooks/version.rb b/lib/twitter_ebooks/version.rb
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--- a/lib/twitter_ebooks/version.rb
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@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Ebooks
-  VERSION = "2.1.7"
+  VERSION = "2.1.8"
 end