diff --git a/electrumpersonalserver/server/common.py b/electrumpersonalserver/server/common.py
index 8eee1a5..1b31a38 100644
--- a/electrumpersonalserver/server/common.py
+++ b/electrumpersonalserver/server/common.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import electrumpersonalserver.server.deterministicwallet as deterministicwallet
 import electrumpersonalserver.server.transactionmonitor as transactionmonitor
 
-SERVER_VERSION_NUMBER = "0.1.6"
+SERVER_VERSION_NUMBER = "0.1.7"
 
 DONATION_ADDR = "bc1q5d8l0w33h65e2l5x7ty6wgnvkvlqcz0wfaslpz"
 
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ def rescan_main():
     logger, logfilename = logger_config(logger, config)
     logger.info('Starting Electrum Personal Server rescan script')
     logger.info('Logging to ' + logfilename)
-    logger.info("The seperate rescan script is deprecated, use " +
+    logger.warning("The seperate rescan script is deprecated, use " +
         "`electrum-personal-server --rescan` instead.")
     try:
         rpc_u = config.get("bitcoin-rpc", "rpc_user")
diff --git a/release-notes b/release-notes
index 1705bee..0478671 100644
--- a/release-notes
+++ b/release-notes
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+# Release v0.1.7 (26th April 2019)
+
+New release, thanks to code contributions by suvayu and andrewtoth
+And thanks to everyone else who contributed via discussion and donations
+
+* If pruning is enabled and block is not available then send dummy merkle
+  proof, which Electrum will accept if run with the command line
+  flag --skipmerklecheck
+* Added option to allow broadcasting unconfirmed transactions via any
+  system call, for example it could be a shell script which broadcasts
+  via SMS or radio.
+* Added option which allows disabling the mempool histogram feature
+  which is useful on low-powered devices when the mempool is large.
+* Deprecated electrum-personal-server-rescan script in favour of
+  electrum-personal-server --rescan
+* Releases will now also be packaged as windows binaries using pyinstaller.
+* No longer adds orphaned coinbase txes as unconfirmed.
+* Fix bug involving transactions with unconfirmed inputs.
+* Various other bugfixes
+
 # Release v0.1.6 - (15th November 2018)
 
 New release, thanks to code contributions by suvayu and andrewtoth
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5341766..5175b16 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="electrum-personal-server",
-    version="0.1.6.dev0",
+    version="0.1.7.dev0",
     description="Electrum Personal Server",
     author="Chris Belcher",
     license="MIT",