diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38c43c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * Globally supress core Moodle maintenance warning message.
+ *
+ * Note that this can be explicitly overridden by themes.
+ */
+.box.moodle-has-zindex.maintenancewarning {
+    display: none;
+}
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index 3ce2413..9814fa8 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
 $plugin->component = "auth_outage";
-$plugin->version = 2017051800;                  // The current plugin version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
-$plugin->release = '1.0.8';                     // Human-readable release information.
+$plugin->version = 2017071300;                  // The current plugin version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
+$plugin->release = '1.0.9';                     // Human-readable release information.
 $plugin->requires = 2014051200;                 // Requires Moodle 2.7 or later. Moodle 3.0 or later recommended.
 $plugin->maturity = MATURITY_STABLE;            // Suitable for PRODUCTION environments!