diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c63b52b6..cdec662a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [0.1.7a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-skill-alerts/tree/0.1.7a1) (2024-11-12)
+## [0.1.8a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-skill-alerts/tree/0.1.8a1) (2024-11-17)
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-skill-alerts/compare/0.1.6...0.1.7a1)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-skill-alerts/compare/0.1.7...0.1.8a1)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
-- fix: drop lingua-franca [\#26](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-skill-alerts/pull/26) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
+- fix: skilljson [\#28](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-skill-alerts/pull/28) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
 
 
 
diff --git a/locale/en-us/skill.json b/locale/en-us/skill.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3577c8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/locale/en-us/skill.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+    "title": "Alerts",
+    "description": "A skill to manage alarms, timers, reminders, events and todos and optionally sync them with a CalDAV service. ",
+    "examples": [
+        "Set an alarm for 8 AM.",
+        "Start a bread timer for 30 minutes.",
+        "Schedule a tennis event for 2 PM on friday spanning 2 hours.",
+        "Set a daily alarm for 8 AM.",
+        "Set an alarm for 8 AM on saturdays.",
+        "remind me to take out the trash every Thursday and Sunday at 7 PM.",
+        "wake me up at 8 AM with music.",
+        "When is my next alarm?",
+        "What are my reminders?",
+        "Cancel all alarms.",
+        "Cancel all timers.",
+        "Cancel all reminders.",
+        "What did I miss?",
+        "Did I miss anything?"
+    ],
+    "tags": [
+        "Productivity",
+        "Daily",
+        "alert",
+        "alarm",
+        "timer",
+        "reminder",
+        "schedule"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/skill.json b/skill.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 52d828f5..00000000
--- a/skill.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "title": "Alerts",
-    "url": "https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/skill-alerts",
-    "summary": "A skill to manage alarms, timers, reminders, events and todos and optionally sync them with a CalDAV service.",
-    "short_description": "A skill to manage alarms, timers, reminders, events and todos and optionally sync them with a CalDAV service. ",
-    "description": "The skill provides functionality to create alarms, timers, reminders and todo (lists), remove them by name, time, or type, and ask for what is active. If you choose to syncronize with a DAV server, you can also access your reminders and todo lists from other devices. Alarms and reminders may be set to recur daily or weekly. An active alert may be snoozed for a specified amount of time while it is active. Any alerts that are not acknowledged will be added to a list of missed alerts that may be read and cleared when requested. If you were away, your device was off, or the device was napping, ask for a summary of what was missed. The number of notifications missed can be seen on the upper left corner of the Home screen.",
-    "examples": [
-        "Set an alarm for 8 AM.",
-        "Start a bread timer for 30 minutes.",
-        "Schedule a tennis event for 2 PM on friday spanning 2 hours.",
-        "Set a daily alarm for 8 AM.",
-        "Set an alarm for 8 AM on saturdays.",
-        "remind me to take out the trash every Thursday and Sunday at 7 PM.",
-        "wake me up at 8 AM with music.",
-        "When is my next alarm?",
-        "What are my reminders?",
-        "Cancel all alarms.",
-        "Cancel all timers.",
-        "Cancel all reminders.",
-        "What did I miss?",
-        "Did I miss anything?"
-    ],
-    "desktopFile": false,
-    "warning": "",
-    "systemDeps": false,
-    "requirements": {
-        "python": [
-            "combo_lock~=0.2",
-            "json_database~=0.5",
-            "caldav~=0.10",
-            "icalendar~=5.0",
-            "ovos-utils~=0.0.28"
-        ],
-        "system": {},
-        "skill": []
-    },
-    "incompatible_skills": [
-        "https://github.com/mycroftai/skill-reminder",
-        "https://github.com/mycroftai/skill-alarm",
-        "https://github.com/mycroftai/mycroft-timer"
-    ],
-    "platforms": [
-        "i386",
-        "x86_64",
-        "ia64",
-        "arm64",
-        "arm"
-    ],
-    "branch": "master",
-    "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
-    "icon": "logo.svg",
-    "category": "Productivity",
-    "categories": [
-        "Productivity",
-        "Daily"
-    ],
-    "tags": [
-        "OVOS",
-        "OpenVoiceOS",
-        "alert",
-        "alarm",
-        "timer",
-        "reminder",
-        "schedule"
-    ],
-    "credits": [
-        "NeonGeckoCom",
-        "NeonDaniel"
-    ],
-    "skillname": "skill-alerts",
-    "authorname": "Emphasize",
-    "foldername": null
-}
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diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 070ca80a..1f23b296 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # START_VERSION_BLOCK
 VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 1
-VERSION_BUILD = 7
-VERSION_ALPHA = 0
+VERSION_BUILD = 8
+VERSION_ALPHA = 1
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK