diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c6318847..c7b3d5bf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+#+STARTUP:showall
+
 * NEWS (user visible changes)
 
-** Release 0.9.9 <unreleased>
+** Release 0.9.9 <2012-10-14>
 
 *** mu4e
     - view: address can be toggled long/short, compose message
@@ -36,6 +38,13 @@
     - add mu:timestamp, mu:count
     - handle db reopenings in the background
 
+
+* Old news
+  :PROPERTIES:
+  :VISIBILITY: folded
+  :END:
+
+
 ** Release 0.9.8.5 <2012-07-01>
 
 *** mu4e
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index f59eb338..8517497d 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-f#+STARTUP: showall
+#+STARTUP: showall
 
 * TODO (fixes, ideas, etc.)
 
@@ -152,3 +152,4 @@ f#+STARTUP: showall
 # Local Variables:
 # mode: org
 # End:
+   
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 50ada901..759d599e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ## along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 ## Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
-AC_INIT([mu],[0.9.9-dev7],[http://code.google.com/p/mu0/issues/list],[mu])
+AC_INIT([mu],[0.9.9],[http://code.google.com/p/mu0/issues/list],[mu])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([mu/mu.cc])
 # libtoolize wants to put some stuff in here; if you have an old