diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e8e8e2f..c692c88 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ data/*
 core/api/python/build/*
 .idea
 .DS_Store
-
+python/build
+python/dist
+python/serf.egg-info/*
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index dd8ba0b..b7156a8 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='serf',
-    version='0.8',
+    version='1.1',
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     license='BSD License',  # example license