diff --git a/docker/VERSION b/docker/VERSION
index b616048..3eefcb9 100644
--- a/docker/VERSION
+++ b/docker/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.2
+1.0.0
diff --git a/pipeline/Snakefile b/pipeline/Snakefile
index 2fda182..110c3c1 100644
--- a/pipeline/Snakefile
+++ b/pipeline/Snakefile
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ include:
 include:
     "qc.rules"
 
+# make a workdir "tmp" subdirectory if it doesn't exist - needed for some processes
+if not os.path.exists("/outputs/tmp"):
+  os.makedirs("/outputs/tmp")
+
 # copy all fragments over to the sample-specific workdir, create if it doesn't exist
 if not os.path.exists(WORKDIR):
   os.makedirs(WORKDIR)