diff --git a/visualpic/__init__.py b/visualpic/__init__.py
index 757d9e1..38f71a5 100644
--- a/visualpic/__init__.py
+++ b/visualpic/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.5.1"
+__version__ = "0.5.2"
 
 
 # make main classes directly available