diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e69de29bb2..a3b615ac4d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+OpenELEC - 1.0.0 (20.10.2011)
+- initial version
+
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 03552ce4ff..3eefcb9dd5 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.99.7
+1.0.0