diff --git a/cvui.h b/cvui.h
index 83e39ad..9bd495b 100644
--- a/cvui.h
+++ b/cvui.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  A (very) simple UI lib built on top of OpenCV drawing primitives.
- Version: 2.7.0
+ Version: 2.9.0-BETA
 
  Usage:
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ bool button(cv::Mat& theWhere, int theX, int theY, cv::Mat& theIdle, cv::Mat& th
  \sa button()
  \sa counter()
 */
-int input(cv::Mat& theWhere, int theX, int theY, int theWidth, const cv::String& theName, cv::String& theValue, double theFontScale = 0.5);
+int input(cv::Mat& theWhere, int theX, int theY, int theWidth, const cv::String theName, cv::String& theValue, double theFontScale = 0.5);
 
 
 /**
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ void handleMouse(int theEvent, int theX, int theY, int theFlags, void* theData);
 #endif
 
 // Lib version
-static const char *VERSION = "2.7.0";
+static const char *VERSION = "2.9.0-beta";
 
 const int ROW = 0;
 const int COLUMN = 1;
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ namespace internal
         }
     }
 
-	int input(cvui_block_t& theBlock, int theX, int theY, int theWidth, const cv::String& theName, cv::String& theContent, double theFontScale, bool theUpdateLayout) {
+	int input(cvui_block_t& theBlock, int theX, int theY, int theWidth, const cv::String theName, cv::String& theContent, double theFontScale, bool theUpdateLayout) {
 		cv::Size aContentSize = cv::getTextSize(theContent, cv::FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, theFontScale, 1, nullptr);
 		int aPadding = aContentSize.height / 2;
         cv::Rect aRect(theX, theY, theWidth - render::getScreenCharWidth(theFontScale), aContentSize.height + 2 + aPadding * 2);
@@ -2495,7 +2495,7 @@ bool button(cv::Mat& theWhere, int theX, int theY, cv::Mat& theIdle, cv::Mat& th
 	return internal::button(internal::gScreen, theX, theY, theIdle, theOver, theDown, true);
 }
 
-int input(cv::Mat& theWhere, int theX, int theY, int theWidth, const cv::String& theName, cv::String& theValue, double theFontScale) {
+int input(cv::Mat& theWhere, int theX, int theY, int theWidth, const cv::String theName, cv::String& theValue, double theFontScale) {
 	internal::gScreen.where = theWhere;
 	return internal::input(internal::gScreen, theX, theY, theWidth, theName, theValue, theFontScale, true);
 }
diff --git a/cvui.py b/cvui.py
index fb42fe3..e6ee074 100644
--- a/cvui.py
+++ b/cvui.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """
 A (very) simple UI lib built on top of OpenCV drawing primitives.
-Version: 2.7
+Version: 2.9-beta
 
 Use of cvui revolves around calling cvui.init() to initialize the lib,
 rendering cvui components to a np.ndarray (that you handle yourself) and
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def main():
     main()
 
 # Lib version
-VERSION = '2.7'
+VERSION = '2.9-beta'
 
 # Constants regarding component interactions
 ROW = 0
diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index f86416f..14c9c52 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 url: https://dovyski.github.io/cvui
-cvui_version: 2.7.0
+cvui_version: 2.9.0
 permalink: pretty