diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30b20523..60215a1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <h2 align="center"><b>melonDS</b></h2>
 <p align="center">
 <a href="http://melonds.kuribo64.net/" alt="melonDS website"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/website-melonds.kuribo64.net-%2331352e.svg"></a>
-<a href="http://melonds.kuribo64.net/downloads.php" alt="Release: 0.7.4"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/release-0.7.4-%235c913b.svg"></a>
+<a href="http://melonds.kuribo64.net/downloads.php" alt="Release: 0.8"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/release-0.8-%235c913b.svg"></a>
 <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0" alt="License: GPLv3"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v3-%23ff554d.svg"></a>
 <a href="https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.badnik.net/?nick=IRC-Source_?#melonds" alt="IRC channel: #melonds"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/IRC%20chat-%23melonds-%23dd2e44.svg"></a>
 </p>
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ If everything went well, melonDS and the libraries it needs should now be in the
 ## TODO LIST
 
  * improve libui and the emulator UI
- * hardware renderer for 3D (w/ upscaling and fancy shit)
  * support for rendering screens to separate windows
  * emulating some fancy addons
  * other non-core shit (debugger, graphics viewers, cheat crapo, etc)
diff --git a/melon.rc b/melon.rc
index 6ff0c1e8..493dd6de 100644
--- a/melon.rc
+++ b/melon.rc
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 //include version information in .exe, modify these values to match your needs
 1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION 0,7,4,0
-PRODUCTVERSION 0,7,4,0
+FILEVERSION 0,8,0,0
+PRODUCTVERSION 0,8,0,0
 FILETYPE VFT_APP
 {
   BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ FILETYPE VFT_APP
 		BLOCK "040904E4"
 		{
 			VALUE "CompanyName", "Melon Factory of Kuribo64"
-			VALUE "FileVersion", "0.7.4"
+			VALUE "FileVersion", "0.8"
 			VALUE "FileDescription", "DS emulator, sorta. also 1st quality melon."
 			VALUE "InternalName", "SDnolem"
 			VALUE "LegalCopyright", "2016-2019 Arisotura & co."
 			VALUE "LegalTrademarks", ""
 			VALUE "OriginalFilename", "zafkflzdasd.exe"
 			VALUE "ProductName", "melonDS"
-			VALUE "ProductVersion", "0.7.4"
+			VALUE "ProductVersion", "0.8"
 		}
 	}
   BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 6dbce1b8..5b43d365 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #ifndef VERSION_H
 #define VERSION_H
 
-#define MELONDS_VERSION    "0.7.4"
+#define MELONDS_VERSION    "0.8"
 
 #define MELONDS_URL        "http://melonds.kuribo64.net/"