diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index cc9ccef..e23f30a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 Change log for iftop
 $Id$
 
-0.5 
+0.5 26/08/02
 
 Added support for monitoring PPP interfaces
 Converted longs to double longs in various places to avoid overflow problems
+Minor bug fixes (usage messages, exit on error)
+Improved selection of default interface when none specified
 
 0.4 16/04/02
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1539126..d56c8f6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ MANDIR = man
 #MANDIR = share/man     # FHS-ish
 
 # You shouldn't need to change anything below this point.
-VERSION = 0.5pre1
+VERSION = 0.5
 CFLAGS  += -g -Wall "-DIFTOP_VERSION=\"$(VERSION)\""
 LDFLAGS += -g 
 LDLIBS += -lpcap -lpthread -lcurses -lm