diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index e76e5e464..493b266af 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.9.6
+current_version = 1.9.7
 files = version.py
 
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 4caf29a28..4def8ce20 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+[v1.9.7](https://bitbucket.org/zxbasic/zxbasic/commits/tag/v1.9.7)
+===
++ Allow some extra chars within the ASM sections for 3rd party assemblers
++ ! Little bugfixes
++ Now printing at the end scrolls up the screen!
+
+
 [v1.9.6](https://bitbucket.org/zxbasic/zxbasic/commits/tag/v1.9.6)
 ===
 + ! Bugfix: grammar errors for RESTORE
diff --git a/docs/archive.md b/docs/archive.md
index a71882dda..38e9573a6 100644
--- a/docs/archive.md
+++ b/docs/archive.md
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ Using these versions is encouraged since they fix many bugs already in the stabl
 You can contribute to ZX BASIC by using devel versions and reporting possible bugs or improvement
 suggestions at the [forum](http://www.boriel.com/forum).
 
-Click on the icon to download latest stable version (<span style="color: green;">**1.9.6**</span>):
+Click on the icon to download latest stable version (<span style="color: green;">**1.9.7**</span>):
 
-* [<img src="https://zxbasic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/img/zip-package-2.png" alt="win32zip" width="32px"/> http://www.boriel.com/files/zxb/zxbasic-1.9.6-win32.zip](http://www.boriel.com/files/zxb/zxbasic-1.9.6-win32.zip)
+* [<img src="https://zxbasic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/img/zip-package-2.png" alt="win32zip" width="32px"/> http://www.boriel.com/files/zxb/zxbasic-1.9.7-win32.zip](http://www.boriel.com/files/zxb/zxbasic-1.9.7-win32.zip)
 <br />Windows .exe zip package. No install needed, just uncompress it in a directory of your choice.
-* [<img src="https://zxbasic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/img/zip-package.png" alt="zip" width="32px"/> http://www.boriel.com/files/zxb/zxbasic-1.9.6.zip](http://www.boriel.com/files/zxb/zxbasic-1.9.6.zip)
+* [<img src="https://zxbasic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/img/zip-package.png" alt="zip" width="32px"/> http://www.boriel.com/files/zxb/zxbasic-1.9.7.zip](http://www.boriel.com/files/zxb/zxbasic-1.9.7.zip)
 <br />Windows, Linux, Mac zip package, with python scripts. Requires python installed in your system.
-* [<img src="https://zxbasic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/img/driver-down.png" alt="tar.gz" width="32px"/> http://www.boriel.com/files/zxb/zxbasic-1.9.6.tar.gz](http://www.boriel.com/files/zxb/zxbasic-1.9.6.tar.gz)
+* [<img src="https://zxbasic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/img/driver-down.png" alt="tar.gz" width="32px"/> http://www.boriel.com/files/zxb/zxbasic-1.9.7.tar.gz](http://www.boriel.com/files/zxb/zxbasic-1.9.7.tar.gz)
 <br />(Windows, Linux, Mac) tar.gz package, with python scripts. Requires python installed in your system.
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 46afb664a..bc6a0268c 100755
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = '1.9.6'
+VERSION = '1.9.7'