diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index b105afc09..683f3fba7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-0.99.9
+3.0.0
 
 * fixed non-latin character parsing in Windows builds
 * fixed compile for BSD systems
+* fixed a couple minor bugs in the C API
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e64195e3..44827ebf9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 project(musikcube)
-set (musikcube_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-set (musikcube_VERSION_MINOR 99)
-set (musikcube_VERSION_PATCH 9)
+set (musikcube_VERSION_MAJOR 3)
+set (musikcube_VERSION_MINOR 0)
+set (musikcube_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set (musikcube_VERSION "${musikcube_VERSION_MAJOR}.${musikcube_VERSION_MINOR}.${musikcube_VERSION_PATCH}")
 set (LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/plugins)
 set (EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
diff --git a/musikcube.spec b/musikcube.spec
index f93be4861..0a0763057 100644
--- a/musikcube.spec
+++ b/musikcube.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define name musikcube
 %define build_timestamp %{lua: print(os.date("%Y%m%d"))}
-%define version 0.99.9
+%define version 3.0.0
 Name: %{name}
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{dist}
diff --git a/src/musikcore/sdk/version.h b/src/musikcore/sdk/version.h
index 71cc99ebe..afea20e07 100644
--- a/src/musikcore/sdk/version.h
+++ b/src/musikcore/sdk/version.h
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_MINOR 99
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_PATCH 9
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION "0.99.9"
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_COMMIT_HASH "#46eff635"
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_WITH_COMMIT_HASH "0.99.9-#46eff635"
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_MAJOR 3
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_MINOR 0
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_PATCH 0
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION "3.0.0"
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_COMMIT_HASH "#bd227cd2"
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_WITH_COMMIT_HASH "3.0.0-#bd227cd2"
 
 namespace musik {
     namespace cube {
diff --git a/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc b/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc
index 8fd4bd8f3..6361efd5e 100644
Binary files a/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc and b/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc differ