diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index a4701b6..e8dc6e6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.13.0
+  2014-11-29
+  Fix NPE on missing announce parameters
+  Increase startup delay
+
 0.12.0
   2014-11-13
   Fix parameter decoding for scrape also
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 8a2adbc..2a33d3d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <delete dir="plugin/eepsite/docroot/torrents/" />
         <!-- get version number -->
         <buildnumber file="scripts/build.number" />
-        <property name="release.number" value="0.12.0" />
+        <property name="release.number" value="0.13.0" />
 
         <!-- make the update xpi2p -->
         <!-- this contains everything except i2ptunnel.config -->
diff --git a/plugin/clients.config b/plugin/clients.config
index 90d73d1..99f61b4 100644
--- a/plugin/clients.config
+++ b/plugin/clients.config
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ clientApp.0.main=net.i2p.zzzot.ZzzOTController
 clientApp.0.name=ZzzOT
 clientApp.0.args=-d $PLUGIN start
 clientApp.0.stopargs=-d $PLUGIN stop
-clientApp.0.delay=15
+clientApp.0.delay=40
 clientApp.0.startOnLoad=true
 # we also use i2p.jar and i2ptunnel.jar, they are in the standard router classpath
 clientApp.0.classpath=$PLUGIN/lib/zzzot.jar,$I2P/lib/i2psnark.jar