diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index abfc609..e1130e5 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.0] - 2020-07-09
+
+- #background directive to specify background color
+
 ## [0.7.3] - 2020-07-08
 
 - fixed incomplete rendering when edges extended outside bounding box
diff --git a/dist/nomnoml.js b/dist/nomnoml.js
index c11c76c..e420530 100644
--- a/dist/nomnoml.js
+++ b/dist/nomnoml.js
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ var nomnoml;
         nomnoml.render(graphics, config, layout, measurer.setFont);
         return { config: config };
     }
-    nomnoml.version = '0.7.3';
+    nomnoml.version = '0.8.0';
     function draw(canvas, code, scale) {
         return parseAndRender(code, nomnoml.skanaar.Canvas(canvas), canvas, scale || 1);
     }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4428821..f9d9f79 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nomnoml",
-  "version": "0.7.3",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 42472df..fa2778b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nomnoml",
-  "version": "0.7.3",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "The sassy UML renderer that generates diagrams from text",
   "homepage": "http://www.nomnoml.com",
   "author": "Daniel Kallin <daniel.kallin@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/src/nomnoml.ts b/src/nomnoml.ts
index 0a1b34d..31404cc 100644
--- a/src/nomnoml.ts
+++ b/src/nomnoml.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace nomnoml {
     return { config: config }
   }
 
-  export var version = '0.7.3'
+  export var version = '0.8.0'
 
   export function draw(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement, code: string, scale: number): { config: Config } {
     return parseAndRender(code, skanaar.Canvas(canvas), canvas, scale || 1)