diff --git a/api/model/src/main/java/com/emc/mongoose/api/model/item/BasicItem.java b/api/model/src/main/java/com/emc/mongoose/api/model/item/BasicItem.java
index 41bb27b531..0f2c8a75c9 100644
--- a/api/model/src/main/java/com/emc/mongoose/api/model/item/BasicItem.java
+++ b/api/model/src/main/java/com/emc/mongoose/api/model/item/BasicItem.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public class BasicItem
 	private int hashCode;
 	
 	public BasicItem() {
+		this.hashCode = super.hashCode();
 	}
 	
 	public BasicItem(final String value) {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ public BasicItem(final String value) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Empty/null item value");
 		}
 		this.name = value;
-		this.hashCode = hashCode();
+		this.hashCode = super.hashCode();
 	}
 	
 	@Override
diff --git a/config/defaults.json b/config/defaults.json
index 3ad3d2768b..f32019c3ca 100644
--- a/config/defaults.json
+++ b/config/defaults.json
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
 		}
 	},
 	// The Mongoose version
-	"version": "3.6.0-beta1",
+	"version": "3.6.0-beta2",
 	// The aliasing section mapping the old configuration parameters/values to the current ones
 	"aliasing": [
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/src/test/java/com/emc/mongoose/tests/unit/ConfigTest.java b/tests/unit/src/test/java/com/emc/mongoose/tests/unit/ConfigTest.java
index 8c976de913..545cae23ee 100644
--- a/tests/unit/src/test/java/com/emc/mongoose/tests/unit/ConfigTest.java
+++ b/tests/unit/src/test/java/com/emc/mongoose/tests/unit/ConfigTest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public void shouldParseWithoutFireballsThrowing()
 	throws IOException {
 		final Config config = Config.loadDefaults();
 		assertThat(config, notNullValue());
-		assertThat(config.getVersion(), equalTo("3.6.0-beta1", "version"));
+		assertThat(config.getVersion(), equalTo("3.6.0-beta2", "version"));
 		final NetConfig netConfig = config.getStorageConfig().getNetConfig();
 		assertThat(netConfig, notNullValue());
 		assertThat(netConfig.getTimeoutMilliSec(), equalTo(0, "storage.net.timeoutMilliSec"));