diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de7cc80d..b7ed92b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ For more information, see the [linked Github Wiki page](https://github.com/Arthu
  - [Adding auto-zoom feature to Android-Image-Cropper](https://theartofdev.com/2016/04/25/adding-auto-zoom-feature-to-android-image-cropper/)
 
 ## Change log
+*2.0.1* (Beta)
+
+- Fix counter clockwise rotation resulting in negative degrees (#54). 
+
 *2.0.0* (Beta)
 
 - **Auto-zoom**: zoom-in when crop window takes less than 50% of the image, zoom-out when more than 65%.
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4acf6036..c211fd75 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cropper/build.gradle b/cropper/build.gradle
index f58857f1..0f1c5ee4 100644
--- a/cropper/build.gradle
+++ b/cropper/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 ext {
     PUBLISH_GROUP_ID = 'com.theartofdev.edmodo'
     PUBLISH_ARTIFACT_ID = 'android-image-cropper'
-    PUBLISH_VERSION = '2.0.0'
+    PUBLISH_VERSION = '2.0.1'
     // gradlew clean build generateRelease
 }
 
diff --git a/cropper/src/main/java/com/theartofdev/edmodo/cropper/CropImageView.java b/cropper/src/main/java/com/theartofdev/edmodo/cropper/CropImageView.java
index 1e28ebb4..b06d3327 100644
--- a/cropper/src/main/java/com/theartofdev/edmodo/cropper/CropImageView.java
+++ b/cropper/src/main/java/com/theartofdev/edmodo/cropper/CropImageView.java
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ public void rotateImage(int degrees) {
                 mZoomOffsetX = 0;
                 mZoomOffsetY = 0;
                 mDegreesRotated += degrees;
-                mDegreesRotated = mDegreesRotated % 360;
+                mDegreesRotated = mDegreesRotated >= 0 ? mDegreesRotated % 360 : mDegreesRotated % 360 + 360;
 
                 applyImageMatrix(getWidth(), getHeight(), true, false);
 
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ public void rotateImage(int degrees) {
             } else {
 
                 mDegreesRotated += degrees;
-                mDegreesRotated = mDegreesRotated % 360;
+                mDegreesRotated = mDegreesRotated >= 0 ? mDegreesRotated % 360 : mDegreesRotated % 360 + 360;
 
                 mZoom = 1;
                 mZoomOffsetX = mZoomOffsetY = 0;