diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4dbd10ba2..c8947cb58 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 2008-06-30	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* configure.in:
+	made 0.4.0-alpha release
+
+	* src/core/song.cpp:
+	* src/core/mmp.cpp:
+	* src/core/track.cpp:
+	* src/core/automation_pattern.cpp:
+	fixed broken load/save of song-global automation
+
+	* Makefile.am:
+	win32-pkg-fixes
+
+	* data/locale/de.qm:
+	* data/locale/de.ts:
+	updated German localization file
+
 	* include/song_editor.h:
 	* src/gui/song_editor.cpp:
 	made icon on play-button change according to current mode
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9a473a7e9..2f28d6501 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
-AC_INIT(lmms, 0.4.0-svn20080627, lmms-devel/at/lists/dot/sf/dot/net)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(lmms, 0.4.0-svn20080627)
+AC_INIT(lmms, 0.4.0-alpha, lmms-devel/at/lists/dot/sf/dot/net)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(lmms, 0.4.0-alpha)
 AX_PREFIX_CONFIG_H([include/lmmsconfig.h])
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)