diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3acaf559..9e943a64 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/gtest.mk
 
-SUBDIRS=src man
+SUBDIRS=man src
 
 # so we can say 'make test'
 check: test cleanupnote
 
 cleanupnote:
-	@echo -e  "\nNote: you can remove the mu-test-XXXX dirs in your temp-file dir"
+	@echo -e  "\nNote: you can remove the mu-test-<uid> dir in your tempdir"
 	@echo "after 'make check' has finished."
 
 tags:
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ tags:
 cc10:
 	@pmccabe `find -name '*.c' -o -name '*.cc'` | sort -nr | awk '($$1 > 10)'
 
-# this warns about functions that are over 40 non-comment lines long, which is a
+# this warns about functions that are over 33 non-comment lines long, which is a
 # sign that they need some refactoring. requires the pmccabe tool. if
 # all is fine, it outputs nothing
-line35:
-	@pmccabe -c `find -name '*.c' -o -name '*.cc'` | awk '($$5 > 35)'
+line33:
+	@pmccabe -c `find -name '*.c' -o -name '*.cc'` | awk '($$5 > 33)'
 
 
 EXTRA_DIST=		\
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3bbb7edc..23089819 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],[0.7dev],[http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu])
+AC_INIT([mu],[0.7beta],[http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/mu.cc])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2])