diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 188ff63422..0bb2d2e23c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -48,3 +48,5 @@ gst-libs
 log
 
 m4/*
+
+/gst/__init__.py
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2bf0d8a1d0..dedb4ac380 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 dnl initialize autoconf
 dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
 dnl releases only do Wall, cvs and prerelease does Werror too
-AC_INIT(GStreamer Python Bindings, 0.10.19.4,
+AC_INIT(GStreamer Python Bindings, 0.10.19.5,
     http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer,
     gst-python)