diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eab43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[bumpversion]
+current_version = 1.0.8
+commit = True
+tag = True
+
+[bumpversion:file:batdetect2/__init__.py]
+
+[bumpversion:file:pyproject.toml]
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 80a1db0..36f820c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -103,9 +103,6 @@ experiments/*
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 *.ipynb
 
-# Bump2version
-.bumpversion.cfg
-
 # DO Include
 !batdetect2_notebook.ipynb
 !batdetect2/models/*.pth.tar