diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b5fdfd6..09062183 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 ## 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],[0.9.8.1],[http://code.google.com/p/mu0/issues/list],[mu])
+AC_INIT([mu],[0.9.8.2],[http://code.google.com/p/mu0/issues/list],[mu])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/mu.cc])
 # libtoolize wants to put some stuff in here; if you have an old
 # autotools/libtool setup. you can try to comment this out
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 
 # silent build if we have a new enough automake
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])