diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/config/Config.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/config/Config.scala
index 82a1f54191..25a5d11207 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/main/scala/config/Config.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/scala/config/Config.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import net.lag.configgy.{Configgy, ParseException}
  * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
  */
 object Config extends Logging {
-  val VERSION = "0.7"
+  val VERSION = "0.8"
 
   // Set Multiverse options for max speed
   System.setProperty("org.multiverse.MuliverseConstants.sanityChecks", "false")
diff --git a/config/akka-reference.conf b/config/akka-reference.conf
index 5bdb644e75..c539ff1951 100644
--- a/config/akka-reference.conf
+++ b/config/akka-reference.conf
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 </log>
  
 <akka>
-  version = "0.7"
+  version = "0.8"
  
   # FQN to the class doing initial active object/actor
   # supervisor bootstrap, should be defined in default constructor
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 7bc1125e7e..f337a9ced3 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project.organization=se.scalablesolutions.akka
 project.name=akka
-project.version=0.7-2.8
+project.version=0.8
 scala.version=2.8.0.Beta1
 sbt.version=0.7.2
 def.scala.version=2.7.7
diff --git a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
index 19cd961aa9..0c9d2aae58 100644
--- a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
+++ b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ abstract class AkkaDefaults(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) with
       (Attributes.Name.CLASS_PATH, cp), 
       (IMPLEMENTATION_TITLE, "Akka"), 
       (IMPLEMENTATION_URL, "http://akkasource.org"), 
-      (IMPLEMENTATION_VENDOR, "The Akka Project"), 
-      (SEALED, "true"))).toList :::
+      (IMPLEMENTATION_VENDOR, "The Akka Project")
+    )).toList :::
     getMainClass(false).map(MainClass(_)).toList
 
   // create a manifest with all akka jars and dependency jars on classpath
@@ -144,8 +144,9 @@ abstract class AkkaDefaults(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) with
     descendents(configurationPath(Configurations.Compile) ##, "*.jar"))
     .filter(jar => // remove redundant libs
       !jar.toString.endsWith("stax-api-1.0.1.jar") &&
-      !jar.toString.endsWith("scala-library-2.7.5.jar") &&
-      !jar.toString.endsWith("scala-library-2.7.6.jar")) 
+      !jar.toString.endsWith("scala-library-2.7.7.jar") &&
+      !jar.toString.endsWith("scala-library-2.7.6.jar") &&
+      !jar.toString.endsWith("scala-library-2.7.5.jar")) 
   }
 
   def deployTask(info: ProjectInfo, toDir: Path) = task {
diff --git a/scripts/run_akka.sh b/scripts/run_akka.sh
index 8112894022..5004ecce33 100755
--- a/scripts/run_akka.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_akka.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 cd $AKKA_HOME
-VERSION=akka_2.7.7-0.7
-TARGET_DIR=dist/$1
+VERSION=akka_2.8.0.Beta1-0.8
+TARGET_DIR=dist/$VERSION/$1
 shift 1
 VMARGS=$@