diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6cb72b..a5be232 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # sapper changelog
 
+## 0.8.1
+
+* Add `sapper start` command, for running an app built with `sapper build` ([#163](https://github.com/sveltejs/sapper/issues/163))
+
 ## 0.8.0
 
 * Update to webpack 4
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 555d609..d5c21d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "sapper",
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.8.1",
   "description": "Military-grade apps, engineered by Svelte",
   "main": "middleware.js",
   "bin": {