diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8324ea85..0fe2a8be 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ TARGET_UNIX      ?= $(if $(filter UNIX,$(TARGET_OS)),$(HOST_UNIX),)
 
 # ============================================================================
 
-TYR_RELEASE := v0.7
+TYR_RELEASE := v0.8-pre
 TYR_GIT := $(shell git describe --dirty 2> /dev/null)
 TYR_VERSION := $(if $(TYR_GIT),$(TYR_GIT),$(TYR_RELEASE))
 TYR_VERSION_NUM ?= $(patsubst v%,%,$(TYR_VERSION))
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 595fba55..7269ce07 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Unreleased
+
+* 
+
 2013-04-10 TyrUtils v0.7
 
 * Unix man page documentation for the main tools (qbsp, light, vis)