diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2a7677389..aeb1cec3e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ http://trac.transmissionbt.com/query?group=component&milestone=1.30
    + Added support for HTTP/FTP Seeding (GetRight style)
    + Added proxy support for communicating with trackers
    + Allow torrent creation with no tracker address (required by some trackers)
-   + Redesigned remote access via JSON
+   + New JSON-RPC protocol for clients to interact with the backend
 - Daemon
    + transmission-daemon and transmission-remote were rewritten from scratch
    + remote and daemon now support per-file priority & download flag settings
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ http://trac.transmissionbt.com/query?group=component&milestone=1.30
    + The port checker now uses our own portcheck.transmissionbt.com
 - GTK+
    + Add options to inhibit hibernation and to toggle the tray icon
+   + Various bug fixes and usability improvements
 
 1.22 (2008/06/13)
 http://trac.transmissionbt.com/query?group=component&milestone=1.22
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 64aa3092e..e45bb7c15 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-AC_INIT([transmission],[1.22Z],[http://trac.transmissionbt.com/newticket])
-PEERID_PREFIX="-TR122Z-"
+AC_INIT([transmission],[1.30b1],[http://trac.transmissionbt.com/newticket])
+PEERID_PREFIX="-TR122X-"
 USERAGENT_PREFIX="1.22+"
 AC_SUBST(PEERID_PREFIX,[$PEERID_PREFIX])
 AC_SUBST(USERAGENT_PREFIX,[$USERAGENT_PREFIX])