diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index f228c0d..3e7f028 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ History
 -------
 
 
+4.0.4 (2015-03-09)
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+- add back --ignore argument for backwards compatibility
+
+
 4.0.3 (2015-03-09)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/wakatime/__about__.py b/wakatime/__about__.py
index 7ea5feb..11f1bbf 100644
--- a/wakatime/__about__.py
+++ b/wakatime/__about__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __title__ = 'wakatime'
 __description__ = 'Common interface to the WakaTime api.'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/wakatime/wakatime'
-__version_info__ = ('4', '0', '3')
+__version_info__ = ('4', '0', '4')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)
 __author__ = 'Alan Hamlett'
 __author_email__ = 'alan@wakatime.com'