diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 52e56e1..d9c9060 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-The project just started, so there's no news yet.
+rudgiosync 1.0.0:
+
+    Released on January 3rd, 2018, this is the first release of rudgiosync, a
+    simple (rudimentary even) gio-enabled file synchronization utility.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 34a4094..769feb0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl -- Process this file with autoconf to generate a `configure' script. --
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([rudgiosync], [0.0.0-dev], [dusxmt@gmx.com])
+AC_INIT([rudgiosync], [1.0.0], [dusxmt@gmx.com])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/descriptions.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])