diff --git a/HISTORY.txt b/HISTORY.txt
--- a/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/HISTORY.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+0.7.1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+#48 NullHandler import failure no longer breaks the extension.
+May help python 2.6 compatibility.
+
 0.7.0
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-version = '0.7.0'
+version = '0.7.1'
 
 try:
     from setuptools import setup, find_packages