diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 61c7ad8d4..ebcb85432 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_REVISION($Revision$)
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 test -z "$CFLAGS" && CFLAGS="-g"
-AC_INIT([Heimdal],[0.8-rc2],[heimdal-bugs@pdc.kth.se])
+AC_INIT([Heimdal],[0.8pre],[heimdal-bugs@pdc.kth.se])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([kuser/kinit.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(include/config.h)