diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a81a808..50a12d1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [project]
 requires-python = ">= 3.0"
 name = "hypickle"
-version = "1.0.23"
+version = "1.0.24"
 dependencies = [
   "requests",
   "rich",