diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 546fed4..6e171c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+0.0.9 - add versioned json output
 0.0.8 - move json duration string to mopp module (pip)
 0.0.7 - topic for durations array
 0.0.6 - topic changed
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index fbe635c..53596d5 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@
 MQTT_PORT = 1883
 
 TOPIC = "/moip/udp2mqtt/mopp"
-TOPICDURATIONS = "/moip/udp2mqtt/durations"
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+TOPICDURATIONS = "/moip/udp2mqtt/durations"
+
+MORSE_JSON_VERSION = 1
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diff --git a/udp2mqtt.py b/udp2mqtt.py
index 4d21f5c..bc3b2a5 100644
--- a/udp2mqtt.py
+++ b/udp2mqtt.py
@@ -84,10 +84,14 @@ def on_log(mqttc, obj, level, string):
 
             # decode the mopp message to a json string containing the durations
             mydecoded = b.return_duration_json(r["Message"])
+            payload = {
+                "version": config.MORSE_JSON_VERSION,
+            }
+            payload.update(mydecoded)
 
             # And send mqtt
             #infot = mqttc.publish(config.TOPIC, data_bytes, qos=2) // publish raw mopp data to another topic?
-            infot = mqttc.publish(config.TOPICDURATIONS, mydecoded, qos=2)
+            infot = mqttc.publish(config.TOPICDURATIONS, payload, qos=2)
             infot.wait_for_publish()