diff --git a/jams/version.py b/jams/version.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/jams/version.py
+++ b/jams/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 """Version info"""
 
 short_version = '0.2'
-version = '0.2.0'
+version = '0.2.0rc1'
changed version number to rc1