diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c8a762d..6a22698f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
 [![Code Quality](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/shish/shimmie2/badges/quality-score.png?b=master)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/shish/shimmie2/?branch=master)
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-This is the main branch of Shimmie, if you know anything at all about running
-websites, this is the version to use.
-
-Alternatively if you want a version that will never have significant changes,
-check out one of the versioned branches.
-
 
 # Documentation
 
diff --git a/core/sys_config.php b/core/sys_config.php
index 3cd6258d..a1c61fac 100644
--- a/core/sys_config.php
+++ b/core/sys_config.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ _d("DEBUG", false);          // boolean  print various debugging details
 _d("COOKIE_PREFIX", 'shm');  // string   if you run multiple galleries with non-shared logins, give them different prefixes
 _d("SPEED_HAX", false);      // boolean  do some questionable things in the name of performance
 _d("WH_SPLITS", 1);          // int      how many levels of subfolders to put in the warehouse
-_d("VERSION", '2.8-dev');    // string   shimmie version
+_d("VERSION", '2.8.0');      // string   shimmie version
 _d("TIMEZONE", null);        // string   timezone
 _d("EXTRA_EXTS", "");        // string   optional extra extensions
 _d("BASE_HREF", null);       // string   force a specific base URL (default is auto-detect)