diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 84a692e7a..eaec4cfee 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
-AC_INIT(task, 1.8.0, support@taskwarrior.org)
+AC_INIT(task, 1.8.0.beta1, support@taskwarrior.org)
 
 CFLAGS="${CFLAGS=}"
 CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS=}"
diff --git a/src/tests/color.t.cpp b/src/tests/color.t.cpp
index 04b6b21f9..10f58f50e 100644
--- a/src/tests/color.t.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/color.t.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Context context;
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int main (int argc, char** argv)
 {
-  char* colors[] =
+  const char* colors[] =
   {
     "off",
     "bold", "underline", "bold_underline",