diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: LimeRick
 Type: Package
 Title: Bridge between R and LimeSurvey
-Version: 0.0.0.9000
+Version: 0.0.1
 Date: 2016-10-08
 Authors@R: c(person(given = "Kamil", family = "Wais", email = "kamil.wais@gmail.com",
     role = c("aut", "cre")),
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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-LimeRick 0.0.0.9000
+LimeRick 0.0.1 beta
 ====================
 
 * adding two experimental functions allowing passive measurements and monitoring usage of the package (lsAddPackageStats(), lsGetPackageStats())