diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 79bf8a1..d13a73f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 0.6.5
+-------------
+
+January 12, 2020
+
+- fix: repr methods where causing an exception on Python 3 (https://github.com/mloesch/sickle/issues/30)
+
 
 
 Version 0.6.4
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b77defc..21f6fbe 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 # All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
 # serve to show the default.
 
-import sys
 import os
+import sys
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.6.4'
+version = '0.6.5'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 907a004..1659692 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='Sickle',
-    version='0.6.4',
+    version='0.6.5',
     url='http://github.com/mloesch/sickle',
     license='BSD',
     author='Mathias Loesch',
diff --git a/sickle/__init__.py b/sickle/__init__.py
index 6e80b3a..d6469d7 100644
--- a/sickle/__init__.py
+++ b/sickle/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     :copyright: Copyright 2015 Mathias Loesch
 """
 
-__version__ = '0.6.4'
+__version__ = '0.6.5'
 
-from .app import Sickle
 from sickle.response import OAIResponse
+from .app import Sickle