diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c62815013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[bumpversion]
+current_version = 0.3.1
+commit = True
+tag = True
+
+[bumpversion:file:lbrynet/__init__.py]
diff --git a/lbrynet/__init__.py b/lbrynet/__init__.py
index b1c305fe3..958a7b813 100644
--- a/lbrynet/__init__.py
+++ b/lbrynet/__init__.py
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
 log.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 
-version = (0, 3, 1)
-__version__ = ".".join([str(x) for x in version])
+__version__ = "0.3.1"