diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index a0202f8..b866306 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -22,11 +22,44 @@ Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
 #   ext.lib_dir = "lib/libv8"
 # end
 
+desc "Get the latest source"
+task "fetch" do
+  puts "Fetching latest from github..."
+  if File.exist? File.join('lib', 'libv8', 'v8') then
+    Dir.chdir(File.join('lib', 'libv8', 'v8')) do
+      `git fetch`
+      `git checkout tags/#{`git tag`.split.last}`
+    end
+  else
+    `git clone https://github.com/v8/v8.git lib/libv8/v8`
+    Dir.chdir(File.join('lib', 'libv8', 'v8')) do
+      `git checkout tags/#{`git tag`.split.last}`
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 desc "Compile the V8 JavaScript engine"
 task "compile" do
+  puts "Compiling V8..."
   Dir.chdir(File.join('lib', 'libv8')) do
-    puts "Compiling V8..."
-    $stdout.flush
     `make`
+    `cp build/v8/libv8.* .`
   end
+end
+
+desc "Clean up from the build"
+task "clean" do
+  Dir.chdir(File.join('lib', 'libv8')) do
+    `make clean`
+  end
+end
+
+desc "Create a binary gem for this current platform"
+task "binary" => "compile" do
+  gemspec = eval(File.read('libv8.gemspec'))
+  gemspec.extensions.clear
+  gemspec.platform = Gem::Platform.new(RUBY_PLATFORM)
+  gemspec.files << "lib/libv8/libv8.a"
+  FileUtils.mkdir_p 'pkg'
+  FileUtils.mv(Gem::Builder.new(gemspec).build, 'pkg')
 end
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diff --git a/lib/libv8/version.rb b/lib/libv8/version.rb
index c80b1a2..5482a7e 100644
--- a/lib/libv8/version.rb
+++ b/lib/libv8/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 module Libv8
-  # Get the latest version
-  # VERSION = `svn list http://v8.googlecode.com/svn/tags`.split.collect{ |s| s.chomp('/') }.last
-  VERSION = "3.3.8"
+  # Get the version from the git repo
+  VERSION = "3.3.8.1"
 end