diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 717abbf..4222fc8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+VERSION = 0.9
 CFLAGS = -Wall -g -O0 -DHAVE_ZLIB -DHAVE_ALLOCA -DENABLE_COLOR
 LFLAGS = -L. -ltelnet -lz
 
@@ -23,13 +24,13 @@ clean:
 		telnet-client telnet-client.o telnet-chatd telnet-chatd.o
 
 dist:
-	rm -fr libtelnet-dist
-	rm -f libtelnet-dist.tar.gz
-	mkdir libtelnet-dist
+	rm -fr libtelnet-$(VERSION)
+	rm -f libtelnet-$(VERSION).tar.gz
+	mkdir libtelnet-$(VERSION)
 	cp Makefile README libtelnet.h libtelnet.c telnet-proxy.c \
-		telnet-client.c telnet-chatd.c libtelnet-dist
-	tar -cf libtelnet-dist.tar libtelnet-dist
-	gzip libtelnet-dist.tar
-	rm -fr libtelnet-dist
+		telnet-client.c telnet-chatd.c libtelnet-$(VERSION)
+	tar -cf libtelnet-$(VERSION).tar libtelnet-$(VERSION)
+	gzip libtelnet-$(VERSION).tar
+	rm -fr libtelnet-$(VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: all clean dist
diff --git a/README b/README
index 6cc058f..8393588 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 =====================================================================
-  libtelnet - TELNET protocol handling library
+  libtelnet 0.9 - TELNET protocol handling library
 =====================================================================
 
  http://github.com/elanthis/libtelnet
diff --git a/libtelnet.c b/libtelnet.c
index 09ffd8d..3af4366 100644
--- a/libtelnet.c
+++ b/libtelnet.c
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 /*
+ * libtelnet 0.9
+ *
  * Sean Middleditch
  * sean@sourcemud.org
  *
diff --git a/libtelnet.h b/libtelnet.h
index 6a26fdb..a87dfc4 100644
--- a/libtelnet.h
+++ b/libtelnet.h
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 /*
+ * libtelnet 0.9
+ *
  * Sean Middleditch
  * sean@sourcemud.org
  *