diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 98%
rename from README
rename to README.md
index 0dfb828..ec1017e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sermon 0.9
+sermon 1.0
 ==========
 
 This utility converts text markup into various presentable forms.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 03362e3..2fd5d13 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([sermon], [0.9], [david.a.baer@gmail.com])
+AC_INIT([sermon], [1.0], [david.a.baer@gmail.com])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])