diff --git a/makedist.pl b/makedist.pl
index c1cf89fb2..8a7adc707 100755
--- a/makedist.pl
+++ b/makedist.pl
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ if (!$release || !-d "$tardir/$dir") {
 	}
 
 # Store release version, if set
-if ($release) {
+if ($release && $release != 1) {
 	system("echo $release > $tardir/$dir/release");
 	}
 else {
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ if (-d "sigs") {
 	}
 
 # Create a change log for this version
-if (-d "/home/jcameron/webmin.com" && !$release) {
+if (-d "/home/jcameron/webmin.com" && (!$release || $release == 1)) {
 	$lastvers = sprintf("%.2f0", $vers - 0.005);	# round down to last stable
 	if ($lastvers == $vers) {
 		# this is a new full version, so round down to the previous full version