diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7389b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024 Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika), RWTH Aachen University
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c179534..f155d50 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pip install ros2-pkg-create
ros2-pkg-create --template ros2_cpp_pkg .
```
-
+
## Installation
diff --git a/ros2-pkg-create/pyproject.toml b/ros2-pkg-create/pyproject.toml
index d90fbf7..c03d894 100644
--- a/ros2-pkg-create/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ros2-pkg-create/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
[project]
name = "ros2-pkg-create"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
description = "Powerful ROS 2 Package Generator"
license = {file = "LICENSE"}
readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/ros2-pkg-create/src/ros2_pkg_create/__init__.py b/ros2-pkg-create/src/ros2_pkg_create/__init__.py
index e7f535a..0c97a9f 100644
--- a/ros2-pkg-create/src/ros2_pkg_create/__init__.py
+++ b/ros2-pkg-create/src/ros2_pkg_create/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
__name__ = "ros2-pkg-create"
-__version__ = "1.0.0"
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+__version__ = "1.0.1"
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