diff --git a/bin/snap-sync b/bin/snap-sync
index ccb21b1..706b226 100755
--- a/bin/snap-sync
+++ b/bin/snap-sync
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # difference for the next incremental snapshot.
 
 progname="`basename v$0`"
-version="0.4.3"
+version="0.4.4"
 
 # The following line is modified by the Makefile or
 # find_snapper_config script
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ selected_subvol='none'
 # functions
 ###
 
-
 check_prerequisites () {
 
     # requested binaries: