diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ec7070..81dff6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ brew upgrade notes
 
 
 #### Other systems
-Clone this repo, or download and unzip the [tarball](https://github.com/kylebebak/notes/archive/1.1.0.tar.gz). Either add the `bin` directory to your `$PATH`, or create a symlink in your `$PATH` that points to the **notes** executable in the `bin` directory.
+Clone this repo, or download and unzip the [tarball](https://github.com/kylebebak/notes/archive/1.2.0.tar.gz). Either add the `bin` directory to your `$PATH`, or create a symlink in your `$PATH` that points to the **notes** executable in the `bin` directory.
 
 If you execute **notes** via symlink, *make sure that the name of the target file (the symlink) is also notes*. Otherwise, tab completions won't work.
 
diff --git a/bin/notes b/bin/notes
index 5492266..c190f57 100755
--- a/bin/notes
+++ b/bin/notes
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ while getopts "$optstring" opt; do
   esac
 done
 
-notes_version="1.1.0"
+notes_version="1.2.0"
 
 # prompt user to enter valid notes directory, and update .notesrc
 if [[ ! -d "${_dir}" ]] || [[ ! "${_dir}" = /* ]]; then