diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index e4ba79a..7d39525 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ tag = True
 
 # these are basically the defaults anyways
 tag_name = v{new_version}
-message = “Bump version: {current_version} -> {new_version}”
+message = Bump version: {current_version} -> {new_version}
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index c51b7a5..6f1aec5 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Semantic Versioning
 
-1
+2