diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: gganimate
 Type: Package
 Title: A Grammar of Animated Graphics
-Version: 1.0.4.9000
+Version: 1.0.5
 Authors@R: 
     c(person("Thomas Lin", "Pedersen", email = "thomasp85@gmail.com",
              role = c("aut", "cre"), 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# gganimate (development version)
+# gganimate 1.0.5
 
 * No longer needs the png package for gifski rendering
+* Give startup message if no renderer backend are detected.
 
 # gganimate 1.0.4