diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 137cc1d3..e3887a3d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 ### 1.7 (December 22, 2013)
 
+* __1.7.19__ Creates full path to journal during installation if it doesn't exist yet
 * __1.7.18__ Small update to parsing regex
 * __1.7.17__ Fixes writing new lines between entries
 * __1.7.16__ Even more unicode fixes!
diff --git a/jrnl/__init__.py b/jrnl/__init__.py
index a96791e4..abed03dd 100644
--- a/jrnl/__init__.py
+++ b/jrnl/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jrnl is a simple journal application for your command line.
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 __title__ = 'jrnl'
-__version__ = '1.7.18'
+__version__ = '1.7.19'
 __author__ = 'Manuel Ebert'
 __license__ = 'MIT License'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2013 - 2014 Manuel Ebert'