diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de64b4c7..228ac64c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,12 +10,3 @@ crate.egg-info
 /.idea/
 .tox/
 *.DS_Store
-
-/devtools/bin/
-/devtools/dependencies/
-/devtools/eggs/
-/devtools/parts/
-/devtools/develop-eggs/
-/devtools/.installed.cfg
-/devtools/crash-*.zip.py
-/devtools/venv/
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 1147f1ea..da92f62a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 Changes for crate
 =================
 
-2014/04/21 0.8.0
+2014/04/04 0.8.1
+================
+
+ - client: fix error handling in ``client.server_infos()``
+
+2014/03/21 0.8.0
 ================
 
  - updated crate to 0.32.3
diff --git a/create_tag.sh b/devtools/create_tag.sh
similarity index 83%
rename from create_tag.sh
rename to devtools/create_tag.sh
index fd730135..7a53cca1 100755
--- a/create_tag.sh
+++ b/devtools/create_tag.sh
@@ -31,28 +31,24 @@ fi
 echo "Fetching origin..."
 git fetch origin > /dev/null
 
-# check if current branch is master
+# get current branch
 BRANCH=`git branch | grep "^*" | cut -d " " -f 2`
-if [ "$BRANCH" != "master" ]
-then
-   echo "Current branch is $BRANCH. Must be master."
-   echo "Aborting."
-   exit -1
-fi
+echo "Current branch is $BRANCH."
 
 # check if master == origin/master
-MASTER_COMMIT=`git show --format="%H" master`
-ORIGINMASTER_COMMIT=`git show --format="%H" origin/master`
+LOCAL_COMMIT=`git show --format="%H" $BRANCH`
+ORIGIN_COMMIT=`git show --format="%H" origin/$BRANCH`
 
-if [ "$MASTER_COMMIT" != "$ORIGINMASTER_COMMIT" ]
+if [ "$LOCAL_COMMIT" != "$ORIGIN_COMMIT" ]
 then
-   echo "Local master is not up to date. "
+   echo "Local $BRANCH is not up to date. "
    echo "Aborting."
    exit -1
 fi
 
 # check if tag to create has already been created
-VERSION=`./bin/py setup.py --version`
+WORKING_DIR=`dirname $0`
+VERSION=`$WORKING_DIR/../bin/py setup.py --version`
 EXISTS=`git tag | grep $VERSION`
 
 if [ "$VERSION" == "$EXISTS" ]
diff --git a/src/crate/client/__init__.py b/src/crate/client/__init__.py
index 17c40695..211519de 100644
--- a/src/crate/client/__init__.py
+++ b/src/crate/client/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 # version string read from setup.py using a regex. Take care not to break the
 # regex!
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 
 apilevel = "2.0"
 threadsafety = 2