diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed66943..da4c630 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ build/
 *.so
 traildb_sparse.c
 __pycache__
+*.egg-info
diff --git a/sparsity/VERSION b/sparsity/VERSION
index bcaffe1..8adc70f 100644
--- a/sparsity/VERSION
+++ b/sparsity/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.0
\ No newline at end of file
+0.8.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sparsity/dask/core.py b/sparsity/dask/core.py
index 036506e..74fa235 100644
--- a/sparsity/dask/core.py
+++ b/sparsity/dask/core.py
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ def npartitions(self):
     def _meta_nonempty(self):
         return _meta_nonempty(self._meta)
 
+    @property
+    def columns(self):
+        return self._meta.columns
+
+    @property
+    def index(self):
+        return self._meta.index
+
     def map_partitions(self, func, meta, *args, **kwargs):
         return map_partitions(func, self, meta, *args, **kwargs)