diff --git a/telegram_bot/bot.py b/telegram_bot/bot.py
index a870d75..6f31bbf 100644
--- a/telegram_bot/bot.py
+++ b/telegram_bot/bot.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from api_handling.api_handler import API_Handler
 
 load_dotenv(dotenv_path='.env') # load environment variables
 
-bot_version = "1.0.1" # version of bot
+bot_version = "2.0.1" # version of bot
 
 #create api handler
 api_handler = API_Handler("https://gruppe1.testsites.info/api", str(os.getenv("BOT_EMAIL")), str(os.getenv("BOT_PASSWORD"))) # get creds from env vars.