diff --git a/beem/steem.py b/beem/steem.py
index d47a940e41b6e996505faa8afaf2df57e3aeefd4..d6bf9e130be78776f03715dba2d3a5c54ebbacbc 100644
--- a/beem/steem.py
+++ b/beem/steem.py
@@ -1436,7 +1436,10 @@ class Steem(object):
             posting_accounts_authority.append([addaccount["name"], 1])
 
         props = self.get_chain_properties()
-        required_fee_steem = Amount(props["account_creation_fee"], steem_instance=self)
+        if self.hardfork >= 20:
+            required_fee_steem = Amount(props["account_creation_fee"], steem_instance=self)
+        else:
+            required_fee_steem = Amount(props["account_creation_fee"], steem_instance=self) * 30
         op = {
             "fee": required_fee_steem,
             "creator": creator["name"],
diff --git a/beem/version.py b/beem/version.py
index 0059bfc4965e85aff40467e174db10543f83c857..525fda0cb5f26702079326003692746ce5457e65 100644
--- a/beem/version.py
+++ b/beem/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM beem SETUP.PY."""
-version = '0.20.7'
+version = '0.20.8'
diff --git a/beemapi/version.py b/beemapi/version.py
index 0059bfc4965e85aff40467e174db10543f83c857..525fda0cb5f26702079326003692746ce5457e65 100644
--- a/beemapi/version.py
+++ b/beemapi/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM beem SETUP.PY."""
-version = '0.20.7'
+version = '0.20.8'
diff --git a/beembase/version.py b/beembase/version.py
index 0059bfc4965e85aff40467e174db10543f83c857..525fda0cb5f26702079326003692746ce5457e65 100644
--- a/beembase/version.py
+++ b/beembase/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM beem SETUP.PY."""
-version = '0.20.7'
+version = '0.20.8'
diff --git a/beemgraphenebase/version.py b/beemgraphenebase/version.py
index 0059bfc4965e85aff40467e174db10543f83c857..525fda0cb5f26702079326003692746ce5457e65 100644
--- a/beemgraphenebase/version.py
+++ b/beemgraphenebase/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM beem SETUP.PY."""
-version = '0.20.7'
+version = '0.20.8'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c353a4dcbfda7d13731a78b1aa15cddc16652464..9e593c3b2ff402e84068a18396003b1592e49d8c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ except LookupError:
     ascii = codecs.lookup('ascii')
     codecs.register(lambda name, enc=ascii: {True: enc}.get(name == 'mbcs'))
 
-VERSION = '0.20.7'
+VERSION = '0.20.8'
 
 tests_require = ['mock >= 2.0.0', 'pytest', 'pytest-mock', 'parameterized']