diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8742323..a8809e0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+CC = i586-mingw32msvc-gcc
+
 # get the target for the compiler
 target = $(strip $(shell $(CC) -dumpmachine))
 
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ endif
 
 CFLAGS ?= -O2 -Wall -W
 LDFLAGS ?= -s
-VERNUM = 155
+VERNUM = 156
 
 OBJS = \
 	acc.o     \
diff --git a/acc.c b/acc.c
index 6eb45e3..47bacd9 100644
--- a/acc.c
+++ b/acc.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 // MACROS ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#define VERSION_TEXT "1.55"
+#define VERSION_TEXT "1.56"
 #define COPYRIGHT_YEARS_TEXT "1995"
 
 // TYPES -------------------------------------------------------------------