diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e0985050..4cda9c82 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mdbook"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9-alpha.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ammonia 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "chrono 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 77ab1c20..4fa5a3c0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mdbook"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9-alpha.0"
 authors = ["Mathieu David <mathieudavid@mathieudavid.org>", "Michael-F-Bryan <michaelfbryan@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Create books from markdown files"
 documentation = "http://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/mdBook/index.html"