diff --git a/src/videoreader.py b/src/videoreader.py
index f269428..96c382b 100755
--- a/src/videoreader.py
+++ b/src/videoreader.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """Pythonic wrapper around opencv's VideoCapture()."""
-__version__ = '0.5.2'
+__version__ = '0.5.3'
 
 import os
 import cv2