diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a8c23c5..4fba94f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Version :
+ - Version bump to
  - Created jqt.make
  - Migrated generation to jq
  - Implementing external jq
diff --git a/bin/jqt b/bin/jqt
index edfdaec..d413d86 100755
--- a/bin/jqt
+++ b/bin/jqt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # jqt - jq based web template engine
 
-declare -r VERSION='''0.5.0''0.4.0'
+declare -r VERSION='''''0.5.0''0.4.0'
 declare -r DATADIR='/usr/local/share'
 
 declare -r SELF=${0##*/}
diff --git a/bump-version.sh b/bump-version.sh
index 74ca2c4..f844057 100755
--- a/bump-version.sh
+++ b/bump-version.sh
@@ -17,34 +17,34 @@ PUSH=${1:-No}
 
 if [[ -f VERSION ]]; then
     declare -r CURRENT_VERSION=$(<VERSION)
-    echo 1>&2 "Current version : $CURRENT_VERSION"
+    echo 1>&2 "Current version : ${CURRENT_VERSION}"
     set -- ${CURRENT_VERSION//./ }
     declare -i V_MAJOR=$1 V_MINOR=$2 V_PATCH=$3
     V_MINOR+=1
     V_PATCH=0
-    declare -r SUGGESTED_VERSION="$V_MAJOR.$V_MINOR.$V_PATCH"
-    read 1>&2 -p "Enter a version number [$SUGGESTED_VERSION]: "
-    [[ -z $REPLY ]] && NEXT_VERSION=$SUGGESTED_VERSION
-    echo 1>&2 "Will set new version to be $NEXT_VERSION"
-    echo -n $NEXT_VERSION > VERSION
-    {   echo "Version $NEXT_VERSION:"
-        git log --pretty=format:" - %s" "v$CURRENT_VERSION"...HEAD
+    declare -r SUGGESTED_VERSION="${V_MAJOR}.${V_MINOR}.${V_PATCH}"
+    read 1>&2 -p "Enter a version number [${SUGGESTED_VERSION}]: "
+    [[ -z $REPLY ]] && NEXT_VERSION=${SUGGESTED_VERSION}
+    echo 1>&2 "Will set new version to be ${NEXT_VERSION}"
+    echo -n ${NEXT_VERSION} > VERSION
+    {   echo "Version ${NEXT_VERSION}:"
+        git log --pretty=format:" - %s" "v${CURRENT_VERSION}"...HEAD
         echo -e '\n'
         cat CHANGES
     } > /tmp/$$-changes
     cp /tmp/$$-changes CHANGES
     rm /tmp/$$-changes
     git add CHANGES VERSION
-    sed -i "s/^declare -r VERSION=/&'$NEXT_VERSION'/" bin/jqt
-	sed -i "s/\[version .*\]/[version $(NEXT_VERSION)]/" bin/jqt
-	sed -i "s/^Version *:=.*/Version := $(NEXT_VERSION)/" docs/Makefile
-    git commit -am "Version bump to $NEXT_VERSION"
-    git tag -a -m "Tagging version $NEXT_VERSION" "v$NEXT_VERSION"
+    sed -i "s/^declare -r VERSION=/&'${NEXT_VERSION}'/" bin/jqt
+	sed -i "s/\[version .*\]/[version ${NEXT_VERSION}]/" bin/jqt
+	sed -i "s/^Version *:=.*/Version := ${NEXT_VERSION}/" docs/Makefile
+    git commit -am "Version bump to ${NEXT_VERSION}"
+    git tag -a -m "Tagging version ${NEXT_VERSION}" "v${NEXT_VERSION}"
     [[ $PUSH == yes ]] && git push origin --tags
 else
     echo 1>&2 'Could not find a VERSION file'
     read 1>&2 -p 'Create a new VERSION file [y/yes]? '
-    case $REPLY in
+    case ${REPLY} in
     ''|[Yy]|[Yy][Ee][Ss])
         echo -n '0.1.0' > VERSION
         {   echo 'Version 0.1.0'
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ else
         git add VERSION CHANGES
         git commit -m 'Added VERSION and CHANGES files, version bump to v0.1.0'
         git tag -a -m 'Tagging version 0.1.0' 'v0.1.0'
-        [[ $PUSH == yes ]] && git push origin --tags
+        [[ ${PUSH} == yes ]] && git push origin --tags
         ;;
     *) echo 1>&2 'Ok'
         ;;