diff --git a/scripts/circtools_primex_wrapper.R b/scripts/circtools_primex_wrapper.R
index f2961c2be..b004d2512 100755
--- a/scripts/circtools_primex_wrapper.R
+++ b/scripts/circtools_primex_wrapper.R
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ while (length(current_line <- readLines(con, n = 1, warn = FALSE)) > 0) {
 
     if (line_column[[1]][3] == ""){
         line_column[[1]][3] <- substr(line_column[[1]][2], 1, nchar(line_column[[1]][2])/2)
-        tmp <- substr(line_column[[1]][2], nchar(line_column[[1]][2])/2+1, nchar(line_column[[1]][2]))
-        line_column[[1]][2] <- tmp
+        tmp1 <- substr(line_column[[1]][2], 1, nchar(line_column[[1]][2])/2)
+        tmp2 <- substr(line_column[[1]][2], nchar(line_column[[1]][2])/2+1, nchar(line_column[[1]][2]))
+        line_column[[1]][2] <- tmp1
+        line_column[[1]][3] <- tmp2
     }
 
     # set minimal information for primer design
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 25ecdc9f0..0f14ed336 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def run(self):
     # Versions should comply with PEP440.  For a discussion on single-sourcing
     # the version across setup.py and the project code, see
     # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/single_source_version.html
-    version='1.1.0',
+    version='1.1.0.1',
 
     description='circtools - a circular RNA toolbox',
     long_description=long_description,