diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f80c77ba8..403bc6f21 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "tiddlywiki",
   "preferGlobal": "true",
-  "version": "5.0.1",
+  "version": "5.0.1-alpha",
   "author": "Jeremy Ruston <jeremy@jermolene.com>",
   "description": "a non-linear personal web notebook",
   "contributors": [