diff --git a/qualcoder/__main__.py b/qualcoder/__main__.py
index 5174b8b6b..36625b5f4 100644
--- a/qualcoder/__main__.py
+++ b/qualcoder/__main__.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 from qualcoder.view_graph_original import ViewGraphOriginal
 from qualcoder.view_image import DialogCodeImage
 
-qualcoder_version = "QualCoder 2.6"
+qualcoder_version = "QualCoder 2.7"
 
 path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 home = os.path.expanduser('~')