diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2aae6167..350ead49 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ZnapZend 0.8.7
+ZnapZend 0.8.8
 ==============
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/oetiker/znapzend.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/oetiker/znapzend)
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ Zetup
 To zetup znapzend follow these zimple inztructionz
 
 ```sh
-wget https://github.com/oetiker/znapzend/releases/download/v0.8.7/znapzend-0.8.7.tar.gz
-tar zxvf znapzend-0.8.7.tar.gz
-cd znapzend-0.8.7
-./configure --prefix=/opt/znapzend-0.8.7
+wget https://github.com/oetiker/znapzend/releases/download/v0.8.8/znapzend-0.8.8.tar.gz
+tar zxvf znapzend-0.8.8.tar.gz
+cd znapzend-0.8.8
+./configure --prefix=/opt/znapzend-0.8.8
 ```
 if configure complains about missing perl modules, run
 
 ```sh
-./setup/build-thirdparty.sh /opt/znapzend-0.8.7/thirdparty
+./setup/build-thirdparty.sh /opt/znapzend-0.8.8/thirdparty
 ```
 
 to install the missing modules into the specified directry. This will NOT messup your local perl installation!
@@ -50,19 +50,19 @@ The [znapzend](doc/znapzend.pod) demon is responsible for doing the actual backu
 To see if your configuration is any good, run znapzend in noaction mode first.
 
 ```sh
-/opt/znapzend-0.8.7/bin/znapzend --noaction --debug
+/opt/znapzend-0.8.8/bin/znapzend --noaction --debug
 ```
 
 If you don't want to wait for the scheduler to actually schedule work, you can also force immediate action by calling
 
 ```sh
-/opt/znapzend-0.8.7/bin/znapzend --noaction --debug --runonce=<src_dataset>
+/opt/znapzend-0.8.8/bin/znapzend --noaction --debug --runonce=<src_dataset>
 ``` 
 
 then when you are happy with what you got, start it in daemon mode.
 
 ```sh
-/opt/znapzend-0.8.7/bin/znapzend --daemonize
+/opt/znapzend-0.8.8/bin/znapzend --daemonize
 ```
  
 Best is to integrate znapzend into your system startup sequence, but you can also
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ run it by hand.
 For illumos OSes you can import the znapzend service manifest provided in the install directory:
 
 ```sh
-svccfg validate /opt/znapzend-0.8.7/init/znapzend.xml
-svccfg import /opt/znapzend-0.8.7/init/znapzend.xml
+svccfg validate /opt/znapzend-0.8.8/init/znapzend.xml
+svccfg import /opt/znapzend-0.8.8/init/znapzend.xml
 ```
 
 and then enable the service 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1e9b46b2..6201b5f7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.7
+0.8.8
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 74e8a185..60b17043 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for znapzend 0.8.7.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for znapzend 0.8.8.
 #
 # Report bugs to <support@oetiker.ch>.
 #
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='znapzend'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='znapzend'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='0.8.7'
-PACKAGE_STRING='znapzend 0.8.7'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='0.8.8'
+PACKAGE_STRING='znapzend 0.8.8'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='support@oetiker.ch'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures znapzend 0.8.7 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures znapzend 0.8.8 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of znapzend 0.8.7:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of znapzend 0.8.8:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-znapzend configure 0.8.7
+znapzend configure 0.8.8
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68
 
 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by znapzend $as_me 0.8.7, which was
+It was created by znapzend $as_me 0.8.8, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='znapzend'
- VERSION='0.8.7'
+ VERSION='0.8.8'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -3160,7 +3160,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by znapzend $as_me 0.8.7, which was
+This file was extended by znapzend $as_me 0.8.8, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -3213,7 +3213,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-znapzend config.status 0.8.7
+znapzend config.status 0.8.8
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"