diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3c7622f6..80b31c7b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,21 +1,27 @@
-# cpp-ethereum
+## Ethereum C++ Client.
 
-Ethereum C++ Client.
+By Gav Wood, 2014.
 
-Gav Wood, 2014.
+Based on a design by Vitalik Buterin.
 
-## Building
+Contributors, builders and testers include Eric Lombrozo (cross-compilation), Tim Hughes (MSVC compilation & Dagger testing), Alex Leverington (Clang & Mac building), Marko Simovic (CI) and several others.
+
+### Building
 
 See https://github.com/ethereum/cpp-ethereum/wiki/Building and https://github.com/ethereum/cpp-ethereum/wiki/Compatibility-Info-and-Build-Tips .
 
-## Yet To Do
+### Testing
+
+To run the tests, make sure you clone the tests repository from github.com/ethereum to tests is a sibling to cpp-ethereum-build.
+
+### Yet To Do
 
 See TODO
 
-## License
+### License
 
 See LICENSE
 
-## Contributing
+### Contributing
 
 Please read CodingStandards.txt thoroughly before making alterations to the code base. Please do *NOT* use an editor that automatically reformats whitespace away from astylerc or the formating guidelines as describled in CodingStandards.txt.
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 64ad39b4c..8cf59acf5 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 dist="saucy"
-version=$1
+version=$(grep "define ETH_VERSION" libethereum/Common.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+branch="$(git branch | grep \* | cut -c 3-)"
+
+if [[ ! "$1" == "" ]]; then
+	version=$1
+fi
 
 if [[ ! "$3" == "" ]]; then
 	if [[ ! "$4" == "" ]]; then
@@ -25,12 +30,9 @@ cd /tmp
 echo Checking out...
 git clone $opwd
 cd cpp-ethereum
+git checkout "$branch"
 
-if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
-	archdir="cpp-ethereum-$(date +%Y%m%d)"
-else
-	archdir="cpp-ethereum-$version"
-fi
+archdir="cpp-ethereum-$version"
 archfile="$archdir.tar.bz2"
 
 echo Cleaning backup files...