diff --git a/telegram_bot/bot.py b/telegram_bot/bot.py
index c30bfdf..6655ad5 100644
--- a/telegram_bot/bot.py
+++ b/telegram_bot/bot.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from api_handling.api_handler import API_Handler
 
 load_dotenv(dotenv_path='.env')
 
-bot_version = "0.2.1" 
+bot_version = "1.0.1" 
 user_list = []
 
 #create api handler