diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bde6bd94..ac6aa009 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+This file has not been updated for any of the 0.5.0 changes.  Sorry.
+
+-Dave
+
+
+
 Wed Jul 23 22:16:09 BST 2003 node <node@insanity.tek.net>
 lashd
 * moved loader to $(top_srcdir)/loader
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9d848287..69fac972 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+0.5.0:
+
+* numerous fixed for random behaviour resulting in failed session restores
+* bitrot removal, GCC4 fixes, autotools updates, etc
+* added GTK control panel server interface client
+* removed all traces of former name (API is incompatible with previous
+  releases)
+
 0.4.0:
 
 * low level tcp protocol has changed along with a lot of structure clean ups
diff --git a/docs/lash-manual.texi b/docs/lash-manual.texi
index 27223c72..fa685176 100644
--- a/docs/lash-manual.texi
+++ b/docs/lash-manual.texi
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 @ifinfo
 This is the LASH Audio Session Handler Reference Manual,
-Edition 0.4.0, October 2003 for LASH version 0.2.
+Edition 0.5.0, September 2005 for LASH version 0.5.
 
 Copyright @copyright{} 2002, 2003 Robert Ham (rah@@bash.sh)
 
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ Free Documentation License''.
 @titlepage
 @title LASH Reference Manual
 @subtitle Audio application session management and configuration
-@subtitle Edition 0.4.0, October 2003
-@subtitle Covering LASH 0.4.0
+@subtitle Edition 0.5.0, September 2005
+@subtitle Covering LASH 0.5.0
 @author Bob Ham (rah@@bash.sh)
 
 @page
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ Free Documentation License''.
 @ifinfo
 
 This is the LASH Audio Session Handler
-Reference Manual, edition 0.4.0, October 2003 for LASH version 0.4.0.
+Reference Manual, edition 0.5.0, September 2005 for LASH version 0.5.0.
 
-@url{http://pkl.net/~node/lash.html}
+@url{http://www.nongnu.org/lash}
 
 @end ifinfo
 
diff --git a/lash-configure-template b/lash-configure-template
index 372cb520..5e7c21be 100644
--- a/lash-configure-template
+++ b/lash-configure-template
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(lash,
 ])
 
 if test "$CHANGEME_enable_lash" = "yes"; then
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LASH, lash-1.0 >= 0.4.0, LASH_FOUND="yes", LASH_FOUND="no")
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LASH, lash-1.0 >= 0.5.0, LASH_FOUND="yes", LASH_FOUND="no")
   
   if test "$LASH_FOUND" = "yes"; then
     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LASH, 1, [whether or not we are supporting lash])
diff --git a/lash/protocol.h b/lash/protocol.h
index 39d8cd30..79015189 100644
--- a/lash/protocol.h
+++ b/lash/protocol.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ typedef uint32_t lash_protocol_t;
 /*
  * Protocol versions (release: protocol):
  *
+ * 0.4: 2.0
  * 0.3: 1.1
  * 0.2: 1.0
  * 0.1: 0.0 (implied by the 0ing of the lash_event_t.event_data)
diff --git a/lashd/project.c b/lashd/project.c
index 14ec3313..c1b68e57 100644
--- a/lashd/project.c
+++ b/lashd/project.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ project_create_xml(project_t * project)
 	/* dtd */
 	xmlCreateIntSubset(doc, BAD_CAST "lash_project", NULL,
 					   BAD_CAST
-					   "http://purge.bash.sh/~rah/lash-project-1.0.dtd");
+					   "http://www.nongnu.org/lash/lash-project-1.0.dtd");
 
 	/* root node */
 	lash_project = xmlNewDocNode(doc, NULL, BAD_CAST "lash_project", NULL);