diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 97e8c00cd..0d1792b07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ jobs:
         id: release
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.MY_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
-          config-file: release-please-config.json
           skip-github-pull-request: true
+          release-type: simple
+          prerelease: true
+          version-file: version.txt
       
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/.release-please-config.json
similarity index 100%
rename from release-please-config.json
rename to .release-please-config.json
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b985ff6e7..000000000
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  ".": "0.0.1"
-}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fccd5c4fc..352ae38ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
    </div>
 
    <div>
-      <a href="https://github.com/buster-so/warehouse/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-red.svg?style=flat-square" alt="MIT License"></a>
+      <a href="https://github.com/buster-so/warehouse/blob/main/LICENSE"><img alt="MIT License" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-red.svg?style=flat-square" ></a>
       <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/buster"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Y%20Combinator-W24-orange?style=flat-square" alt="Y Combinator W24"></a>
    </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a9ecc2ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.0.1
\ No newline at end of file