diff --git a/after.py b/after.py
index 1716be5..b33bfc1 100755
--- a/after.py
+++ b/after.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import copy
 from util import *
 
-AFTERQC_VERSION = "0.9.5"
+AFTERQC_VERSION = "0.9.6"
 
 def parseCommand():
     usage = "Automatic Filtering, Trimming, Error Removing and Quality Control for Illumina fastq data \n\nSimplest usage:\ncd to the folder containing your fastq data, run <python after.py>"