diff --git a/release_version.txt b/release_version.txt
index 1864002..7deb86f 100644
--- a/release_version.txt
+++ b/release_version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.9
\ No newline at end of file
+0.7.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/alpaca_hist_md/alpaca_md.sh b/scripts/alpaca_hist_md/alpaca_md.sh
index 08c9b2e..98916b0 100755
--- a/scripts/alpaca_hist_md/alpaca_md.sh
+++ b/scripts/alpaca_hist_md/alpaca_md.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ run_proc() {
 
     Cmd="${Python} ${PyScript}"
     Cmd="${Cmd} --config=${Config}"
-    Cmd="${Cmd} --output_dir=${OutputDir}"
+    Cmd="${Cmd} --output_dir=${OutputDir}/${Start:0:4}"
     Cmd="${Cmd} --instruments=ALPACA:${Inst}"
     Cmd="${Cmd} --start=${Start}"
     if [ "${End}" != "" ]; then