diff --git a/inc/always.php b/inc/always.php
index 7463d93b..1516932d 100644
--- a/inc/always.php
+++ b/inc/always.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ awl_set_locale($c->default_locale);
 *
 */
 $c->code_version = 0;
-$c->version_string = '0.9.7'; // The actual version # is replaced into that during the build /release process
+$c->version_string = '0.9.7.1'; // The actual version # is replaced into that during the build /release process
 if ( isset($c->version_string) && preg_match( '/(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(.*)/', $c->version_string, $matches) ) {
   $c->code_major = $matches[1];
   $c->code_minor = $matches[2];