diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index eb004cc..a9a83cb 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+== 0.1.2 2008-08-09
+
+* 1 major enhancement:
+	* default_params were not being appended to query string if option[:query] was blank
+
 == 0.1.1 2008-07-30
 
 * 2 major enhancement:
diff --git a/httparty.gemspec b/httparty.gemspec
index f88fa89..67190a9 100644
--- a/httparty.gemspec
+++ b/httparty.gemspec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{httparty}
-  s.version = "0.1.1"
+  s.version = "0.1.2"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["John Nunemaker"]
-  s.date = %q{2008-07-31}
+  s.date = %q{2008-08-09}
   s.description = %q{Makes http fun! Also, makes consuming restful web services dead easy.}
   s.email = ["nunemaker@gmail.com"]
   s.extra_rdoc_files = ["History.txt", "License.txt", "Manifest.txt", "PostInstall.txt", "README.txt"]
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   else
     s.add_dependency(%q<activesupport>, [">= 2.1"])
   end
-end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/httparty/version.rb b/lib/httparty/version.rb
index defab26..6c3b9ad 100644
--- a/lib/httparty/version.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty/version.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module HTTParty
   module VERSION #:nodoc:
     MAJOR = 0
     MINOR = 1
-    TINY  = 1
+    TINY  = 2
 
     STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY].join('.')
   end
diff --git a/tasks/deployment.rake b/tasks/deployment.rake
index 2f43742..6fb7d56 100644
--- a/tasks/deployment.rake
+++ b/tasks/deployment.rake
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+desc 'Preps the gem for a new release'
+task :prep_for_release do
+  require 'rio'
+  Rake::Task['manifest:refresh'].invoke
+  gemspec = %x[rake debug_gem]
+  lines = gemspec.split("\n")
+  rio('httparty.gemspec') < lines[1, lines.length-1].join("\n")
+end
+
 desc 'Release the website and new gem version'
 task :deploy => [:check_version, :website, :release] do
   puts "Remember to create SVN tag:"