diff --git a/AmpliconSuite-pipeline.py b/AmpliconSuite-pipeline.py
index 413a7ac..dcdc5b1 100755
--- a/AmpliconSuite-pipeline.py
+++ b/AmpliconSuite-pipeline.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 from paalib import check_reference, cnv_prefilter
 
-__version__ = "1.2.0"
+__version__ = "1.2.1"
 
 PY3_PATH = "python3"  # updated by command-line arg if specified
 metadata_dict = {}  # stores the run metadata (bioinformatic metadata)