diff --git a/release_version.txt b/release_version.txt
index 238d6e8..b0f3d96 100644
--- a/release_version.txt
+++ b/release_version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.7
+1.0.8
diff --git a/scripts/alpaca_hist_md/alpaca_md_day.sh b/scripts/alpaca_hist_md/alpaca_md_day.sh
index 95e29c0..44d90f3 100755
--- a/scripts/alpaca_hist_md/alpaca_md_day.sh
+++ b/scripts/alpaca_hist_md/alpaca_md_day.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
 fi
 
 # truncate to avoid false positive
-date_to_load=$(echo "${date_to_load} | xargs")
+date_to_load=$(echo "${date_to_load}" | xargs)
 if [ -n "${date_to_load}" ]; then
     echo "Saving date_to_load to ${LastDayFile}"
     echo ${date_to_load} >  ${LastDayFile}