diff --git a/map2map/__init__.py b/map2map/__init__.py
index e69de29..6c8e6b9 100644
--- a/map2map/__init__.py
+++ b/map2map/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/new_release.sh b/new_release.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28636c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/new_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+semantic-release version --tag --changelog --vcs-release