diff --git a/gpt4all-bindings/python/gpt4all/gpt4all.py b/gpt4all-bindings/python/gpt4all/gpt4all.py
index 5410228e..91a1169c 100644
--- a/gpt4all-bindings/python/gpt4all/gpt4all.py
+++ b/gpt4all-bindings/python/gpt4all/gpt4all.py
@@ -237,13 +237,13 @@ class GPT4All:
         '''
         # Code to acquire resource, e.g.:
         self._is_chat_session_activated = True
-        self._current_chat_session = []
+        self.current_chat_session = []
         try:
             yield self
         finally:
             # Code to release resource, e.g.:
             self._is_chat_session_activated = False
-            self._current_chat_session = []
+            self.current_chat_session = []
 
     def _format_chat_prompt_template(
         self, messages: List[Dict], default_prompt_header=True, default_prompt_footer=True
diff --git a/gpt4all-bindings/python/setup.py b/gpt4all-bindings/python/setup.py
index c3d59809..8a832607 100644
--- a/gpt4all-bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/gpt4all-bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ copy_prebuilt_C_lib(SRC_CLIB_DIRECtORY,
 
 setup(
     name=package_name,
-    version="1.0.0",
+    version="1.0.1",
     description="Python bindings for GPT4All",
     author="Richard Guo",
     author_email="richard@nomic.ai",