diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 741cfed0c4cee754565bbb2bb5338fe706da4c03..ca44d0418840b1f08751d7eba3914252eccc5ab5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ mkdir -p /usr/local/share/xml-validation
 cd /usr/local/share/xml-validation
 curl --silent --output - \
   https://gitlab1.ptb.de/niepra01/xml-validation/-/archive/master/xml-validation-master.tar \
-  | tar xf - --strip-components 1           # only once
+  | tar xf - --strip-components=1           # only once
 python3 -m venv .
 source bin/activate
 pip3 install pip-tools
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ chown -R nobody.nobody ../xml-validation
 systemctl daemon-reload                     # if already exist
 systemctl link $PWD/xml-validation.service
 systemctl enable xml-validation.service     # make permanent
-systemctl start xml-validation.service      # running?
-systemctl status xml-validation.service
+systemctl start xml-validation.service      
+systemctl status xml-validation.service     # running?
 journalctl -f --unit xml-validation.service # run-time check
 ```
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..39e898a4f952d339c155a7939d571a5fdd6c8cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.7.1
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 5992f6be065920299257486289b15dcc233e32d7..cf19bd995d7a1fcd393909cd8b8d8904adb62632 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def update():
     ###pprint(req)
     tarball_url = req['repository']['homepage'] + '/-/archive/master/' + \
       req['repository']['name'] + '-master.tar'
-    version = utils.get_version()
+    version = str(utils.get_version())
     print(tarball_url)
     with open('./LOG', 'a') as f:    
         print(datetime.now().strftime("[%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S] " + version), file=f)