diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index ee37f28..aeae51e 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## EDGE
 
+* remove bin/v8 which conflicted with v8 executeable
 * decruft all the crap that had accumulated in the gem
 * Javascript Objects are now always mapped to the same V8::Object when read from the context
 
diff --git a/lib/v8/version.rb b/lib/v8/version.rb
index 071b534..8d071d4 100644
--- a/lib/v8/version.rb
+++ b/lib/v8/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module V8
-  VERSION = "0.8.1.pre1"
+  VERSION = "0.8.1.pre2"
 end
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