diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff5ec13..7101e62 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 /wireproxy
 *.sw?
 /.idea
+.goreleaser.yml
diff --git a/cmd/wireproxy/main.go b/cmd/wireproxy/main.go
index 0a86d5d..7472e81 100644
--- a/cmd/wireproxy/main.go
+++ b/cmd/wireproxy/main.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 // an argument to denote that this process was spawned by -d
 const daemonProcess = "daemon-process"
 
-var version = "dev"
+var version = "1.0.4-dev"
 
 // attempts to pledge and panic if it fails
 // this does nothing on non-OpenBSD systems