diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e5de95f..9ea6730 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ sqlite3.db
 environments
 vendor
 tmp
-.tm_last_run_ruby
\ No newline at end of file
+.tm_last_run_ruby
+pkg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adbbf7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+=== 1.0.0 / 2008-12-15
+
+* 1 major enhancement
+
+  * Birthday!
+
diff --git a/Manifest.txt b/Manifest.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2bde60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Manifest.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+History.txt
+Manifest.txt
+README.txt
+Rakefile
+lib/dataset.rb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README b/README.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from README
rename to README.txt
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 576719e..88d94d4 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib'))
+# -*- ruby -*-
 
-require 'rake'
-require 'rake/testtask'
-require 'rake/rdoctask'
+$:.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib'))
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'hoe'
+require 'dataset/version'
 require 'spec/rake/spectask'
 
+Hoe.new('dataset', Dataset::VERSION::STRING) do |p|
+  p.developer('Adam Williams', 'adam@thewilliams.ws')
+end
+
+task :default => :spec
+
 desc "Run all specs"
 Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new do |t|
   t.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
   t.spec_opts = ['--options', 'spec/spec.opts']
 end
-
-desc "Generate rdoc"
-Rake::RDocTask.new(:doc) do |r|
-  r.title = "Dataset"
-  r.main = "README"
-  r.options << "--line-numbers"
-  r.rdoc_files.include("README", "LICENSE", "lib/**/*.rb")
-  r.rdoc_dir = "doc"
-end
-
-task :default => :spec
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/dataset.rb b/lib/dataset.rb
index e98f00a..f5fea35 100644
--- a/lib/dataset.rb
+++ b/lib/dataset.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'dataset/version'
 require 'dataset/base'
 require 'dataset/database/base'
 require 'dataset/database/mysql'
diff --git a/lib/dataset/version.rb b/lib/dataset/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2476280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dataset/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module Dataset
+  module VERSION #:nodoc:
+    MAJOR = 1
+    MINOR = 0
+    TINY  = 0
+    
+    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY].join('.')
+  end
+end