diff --git a/mon_notification/processors/alarm_processor.py b/mon_notification/processors/alarm_processor.py
index c27cad8..4a71513 100644
--- a/mon_notification/processors/alarm_processor.py
+++ b/mon_notification/processors/alarm_processor.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class AlarmProcessor(BaseProcessor):
         self.finished_queue = finished_queue
 
         self.mysql = MySQLdb.connect(host=mysql_host, user=mysql_user, passwd=mysql_passwd, db=dbname)
+        self.mysql.autocommit(True)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _parse_alarm(alarm_data):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a09a861..b87ebfa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import setuptools
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="mon-notification",
-    version="1.0.0",
+    version="1.0.1",
     author="Tim Kuhlman",
     author_email="tim.kuhlman@hp.com",
     description="Notification engine used in the monitoring system",