diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf68e97..5144c4b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ For more of my work on Ancient Greek, see <http://jktauber.com/>.
 
 ## Installation
 
-    pip install greek-accentuation==0.9.8
+    pip install greek-accentuation==0.9.9
 
 
 ## Documentation
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ see [docs.rst](https://github.com/jtauber/greek-accentuation/blob/master/docs.rs
 
 ## Change Log
 
+0.9.9 removed some unnecessary code
+
 0.9.8 add_necessary_breathing now properly handles initial vowels with iota
 subscripts
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 127ffa5..10cf99d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="greek-accentuation",
-    version="0.9.8",
+    version="0.9.9",
     description="""\
 Python 3 library for accenting (and analyzing the accentuation of) \
 Ancient Greek words""",