diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a06808df..2382cabe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,4 +52,3 @@ exp/
 _extras/
 *.sublime-*
 site/
-jrnl/__version__.py
diff --git a/jrnl/__version__.py b/jrnl/__version__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bf5d5ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jrnl/__version__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "v2.2-beta"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b5c2a6b1..bc557beb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "jrnl"
-version = "v2.1.1"
+version = "v2.2-beta"
 description = "Collect your thoughts and notes without leaving the command line."
 authors = [
     "Manuel Ebert <manuel@1450.me>",
     "Jonathan Wren <jonathan@nowandwren.com>",
     "Micah Ellison <micahellison@gmail.com>"
 ]
+maintainers = [
+    "Jonathan Wren and Micah Ellison <jrnl-sh@googlegroups.com>",
+]
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
 homepage = "https://jrnl.sh"
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ pyyaml = "^5.1"
 behave = "^1.2"
 mkdocs = "^1.0"
 flake8 = "^3.7"
-black = {version = "^19.10b0",allows-prereleases = true}
+black = {version = "^19.10b0",allow-prereleases = true}
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 jrnl = 'jrnl.cli:run'