diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: comtradr
 Title: Interface with the United Nations Comtrade API
-Version: 1.0.3
+Version: 1.0.3.9000
 Maintainer: Paul Bochtler <paulbochtler.gh@gmail.com>
 Authors@R: c(
             person("Paul", "Bochtler", 
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+# comtradr (development version)
+
 # comtradr 1.0.3
 
 * this is a patch to fix a bug that was introduced when fixing the bug about tidy cols. Now tidy cols are returned again.