diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7e33ec0..58006c6 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: gutenbergr
 Type: Package
 Title: Download and Process Public Domain Works from Project Gutenberg
-Version: 0.2.4
+Version: 0.2.4.9000
 Authors@R: c(person(given = "Myfanwy", family = "Johnston", role = c("aut", "cre"), 
     email = "mrowlan1@gmail.com"),
     person(given = "David", family = "Robinson", email = "admiral.david@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cph")))
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 27975dc..6870907 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# gutenbergr (development version)
+
 # gutenbergr 0.2.4
 
 # New Version