diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 09e4211..5063902 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from node:10.14.2-slim
 
-LABEL version="1.0.0"
+LABEL version="1.1.0"
 LABEL repository="https://github/lannonbr/issue-label-manager-action"
 LABEL maintainer="Benjamin Lannon <benjamin@lannonbr.com>"
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 4bfcf3d..4d029c7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ async function run() {
   let liveLabels = await getCurrentLabels();
   let newLabels = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(newLabelsUrl).toString());
 
+  // If the color of a label has a # sign, remove it
+  newLabels.forEach(newLabel => {
+    if (newLabel.color[0] === "#") {
+      newLabel.color = newLabel.color.slice(1);
+    }
+  });
+
   let labelModList = diffLabels(liveLabels, newLabels);
 
   labelModList.forEach(async mod => {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 811b686..060dbc2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "name": "issue-label-action",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "name": "issue-label-manager-action",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f2b7610..fbf81fd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "issue-label-manager-action",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "description": "Will update repo's labels based on data in JSON file located at $REPO/.github/labels.json",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {},