diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 27041f601..6a3417cf0 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+2009-07-13 zzz
+    * Build: Add readme*.html files to the udpater
+    * Build Handler: Don't reject for conn limits if class O,
+      under the assumption that they are already talking
+      to most of the routers, so there's no reason to reject. This may drive them
+      to their conn. limits, but it's hopefully a temporary solution to the
+      tunnel build congestion. As the net grows this will have to be revisited.
+    * Throttle: Increase default max tunnels to 3000,
+      to give us more capacity during congestion
+    * Tunnels: Change the default variance from 1 to 0.
+      Under the one-packet-enough theory, and the fact that most
+      tunnels in a x+1 pool are of length x, variable lengths
+      don't really help that much. Also, a default of 1 led
+      to all sorts of problems with iMule/SAM, who was not
+      setting the variance properties.
+      This will affect exploratory tunnels for new users,
+      and those that have never saved a change on configtunnels.jsp,
+      and iMule users 1.4.5 and earlier.
+
 2009-07-12 zzz
     * Add configui.jsp
     * orange flash remove take 2
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index 0116da736..f47a425fd 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Monotone";
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
-    public final static long BUILD = 8;
+    public final static long BUILD = 9;
     /** for example "-test" */
     public final static String EXTRA = "";
     public final static String FULL_VERSION = VERSION + "-" + BUILD + EXTRA;