diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
index 0c441bf74e..d632e9ba2d 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
@@ -928,8 +928,8 @@ void GUI_App::init_app_config()
 {
 	// Profiles for the alpha are stored into the PrusaSlicer-alpha directory to not mix with the current release.
 
-    SetAppName(SLIC3R_APP_KEY);
-//	SetAppName(SLIC3R_APP_KEY "-alpha");
+//  SetAppName(SLIC3R_APP_KEY);
+	SetAppName(SLIC3R_APP_KEY "-alpha");
 //  SetAppName(SLIC3R_APP_KEY "-beta");
 
 
diff --git a/version.inc b/version.inc
index 4ca40c3836..b669ae0def 100644
--- a/version.inc
+++ b/version.inc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 set(SLIC3R_APP_NAME "PrusaSlicer")
 set(SLIC3R_APP_KEY "PrusaSlicer")
-set(SLIC3R_VERSION "2.7.0")
+set(SLIC3R_VERSION "2.8.0-alpha0")
 set(SLIC3R_BUILD_ID "PrusaSlicer-${SLIC3R_VERSION}+UNKNOWN")
-set(SLIC3R_RC_VERSION "2,7,0,0")
-set(SLIC3R_RC_VERSION_DOTS "2.7.0.0")
+set(SLIC3R_RC_VERSION "2,8,0,0")
+set(SLIC3R_RC_VERSION_DOTS "2.8.0.0")