diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e291e4e3..b0bf9f91 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [root]
 name = "j"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 dependencies = [
  "brev 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "clap 2.16.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 491b1452..20ab55c8 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ build:
 
 publish: clippy build
 	# make sure version is up to date
+	git diff --no-ext-diff --quiet --exit-code
 	grep 'version("'`sed -En 's/version = "([^"]+)"/\1/p' Cargo.toml`'")' src/app.rs
 	git push github master:master
 	cargo publish