diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a03f936..5b82796 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "espeak-py"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 authors = ["Benjamin Levin <ben@poly-ai.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Python bindings for a narrow subset of espeak"