diff --git a/addon.xml b/addon.xml
index 7726742..f1791a8 100644
--- a/addon.xml
+++ b/addon.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <addon id="script.xbmcbackup"
-    name="Backup" version="1.0.4" provider-name="robweber">
+    name="Backup" version="1.0.5" provider-name="robweber">
   <requires>
     <import addon="xbmc.python" version="2.19.0"/>
   </requires>
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index da16137..a6e8e2e 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version 1.0.5
+
+make compression setting compatible with python 2.6 and above
+
 Version 1.0.4
 
 exit if we can't delete the old archive, non recoverable