diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
index 4eebf1e7a..473b0123e 100644
--- a/build.properties
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ javacSource=1.4
 javacTarget=1.4
 
 # Release Configuration
-releaseVersion=0.435
-releaseFile=yacy_dev_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}.tar.gz
-#releaseFile=yacy_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}.tar.gz
-releaseDir=yacy_dev_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}
-#releaseDir=yacy_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}
+releaseVersion=0.44
+#releaseFile=yacy_dev_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}.tar.gz
+releaseFile=yacy_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}.tar.gz
+#releaseDir=yacy_dev_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}
+releaseDir=yacy_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}
 releaseNr=$Revision$
 
 # defining some file/directory access rights
diff --git a/doc/News.html b/doc/News.html
index d365500e0..a072f8c2e 100644
--- a/doc/News.html
+++ b/doc/News.html
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ globalheader();
 </ul>
 -->
 
-<br><p>
+<br><p>v0.44_20060307_1844
 <ul>
 <li>New Features</li>
   <ul>
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ globalheader();
   <li>support of gzip content-encoding suitable clients</li>
   <li>automatic TOC generation for pages in wiki</li>
   <li>changed user-agent string for yacy crawl access to 'yacybot'</li>
+  <li>added default-skins</li>
   </ul>
 </ul>
 
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 720775a46..f1e9d7a8c 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ crawling/search engine, you can do so.
 Start crawling at the 'Index Creation' menu point.
 
 You can add a YaCy toolbar to your Firefox web browser.
-Please install the yacybar.xpi Firefox extension
+This release contains the yacybar.xpi file from Alexander Schier and Martin Thelian.
+Please install this file as a Firefox extension.
 
 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the author:
 Send an email to Michael Christen (mc@anomic.de) with a meaningful subject