diff --git a/gooey/__init__.py b/gooey/__init__.py
index ea56d92a..4c3cfd68 100644
--- a/gooey/__init__.py
+++ b/gooey/__init__.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 from gooey.python_bindings import constants
 from gooey.gui.components.filtering.prefix_filter import PrefixTokenizers
 from gooey.gui.components.options import options
-__version__ = '1.0.7'
+__version__ = '1.0.8'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d94a3c72..9d9dd0e1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 with open('README.md') as readme:
     long_description = readme.read()
 
-version = '1.0.7'
+version = '1.0.8'
 
 deps = [
     'Pillow>=4.3.0',