diff --git a/openems.cpp b/openems.cpp
index e8291db..4e32bf8 100644
--- a/openems.cpp
+++ b/openems.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ void openEMS::WelcomeScreen()
 
 	cout << " ---------------------------------------------------------------------- " << endl;
 	cout << " | openEMS " << bits << " -- version " GIT_VERSION << endl;
-	cout << " | (C) 2010-2016 Thorsten Liebig <thorsten.liebig@gmx.de>  GPL license"   << endl;
+	cout << " | (C) 2010-2018 Thorsten Liebig <thorsten.liebig@gmx.de>  GPL license"   << endl;
 	cout << " ---------------------------------------------------------------------- " << endl;
 	cout << openEMS::GetExtLibsInfo("\t") << endl;
 }