diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 36eccb0c..832c7209 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.65])
-AC_INIT([profanity], [0.1.8], [boothj5web@gmail.com])
+AC_INIT([profanity], [0.1.8dev], [boothj5web@gmail.com])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])