diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index efe50cd0..a95f608e 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # $Id$
 
-Version 1.4 ()
+Version 1.4 (December 29th 2008)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    * Added ability to rename "feeds" in teh syndication plugin and
-      add a big image on top (onli)
+    * Added new event hooks for future support of WYSIWYG button
+      modifications (judebert) [1.4-beta2]
+
+    * Added ability to rename "feeds" in the syndication plugin and
+      add a big image on top (onli) [1.4-beta2]
 
     * Added more parameters to {serendipity_printComments} function:
       "block" (smarty block variable name),
diff --git a/serendipity_config.inc.php b/serendipity_config.inc.php
index be469dde..1902f9ee 100644
--- a/serendipity_config.inc.php
+++ b/serendipity_config.inc.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if (defined('USE_MEMSNAP')) {
 }
 
 // The version string
-$serendipity['version']         = '1.4-beta2';
+$serendipity['version']         = '1.4';
 
 // Setting this to 'false' will enable debugging output. All alpa/beta/cvs snapshot versions will emit debug information by default. To increase the debug level (to enable Smarty debugging), set this flag to 'debug'.
 $serendipity['production']      = (preg_match('@\-(alpha|beta|cvs)@', $serendipity['version']) ? false : true);
@@ -222,12 +222,12 @@ if (defined('IN_installer') && IS_installed === false) {
  *   Make sure that the file included is in the current directory and not any possible
  *   include path
  */
-if (file_exists($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) . '/serendipity_config_local.inc.php')) {
+if (@file_exists($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) . '/serendipity_config_local.inc.php')) {
     $local_config = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) . '/serendipity_config_local.inc.php';
 } elseif (defined('S9Y_DATA_PATH')) {
     // Shared installation!
     $local_config = S9Y_DATA_PATH . '/serendipity_config_local.inc.php';
-} elseif (file_exists($serendipity['serendipityPath'] . '/serendipity_config_local.inc.php')) {
+} elseif (@file_exists($serendipity['serendipityPath'] . '/serendipity_config_local.inc.php')) {
     $local_config = $serendipity['serendipityPath'] . '/serendipity_config_local.inc.php';
 } else {
     // Installation fallback