diff --git a/bigbluebutton-config/bigbluebutton-release b/bigbluebutton-config/bigbluebutton-release
index ef39c792a3..f1ecbf7492 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-config/bigbluebutton-release
+++ b/bigbluebutton-config/bigbluebutton-release
@@ -1 +1 @@
-BIGBLUEBUTTON_RELEASE=0.9.0
+BIGBLUEBUTTON_RELEASE=0.9.0-beta
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-config/web/index.html b/bigbluebutton-config/web/index.html
index a83ae393d5..eb08e50836 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-config/web/index.html
+++ b/bigbluebutton-config/web/index.html
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 	      <div class="row">
 	      	<div class="span twelve center">
 		        <p>Copyright &copy; 2014 BigBlueButton Inc.<br>
-		        <small>Version <a href="https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/090Docs">0.9.0-dev</a></small>		        
+		        <small>Version <a href="https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/090Docs">0.9.0-beta</a></small>		        
 		        </p>
 	      	</div>
 	      </div>	
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties b/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties
index 845b6afedd..4918fa7fa9 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties
+++ b/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ defaultDialAccessNumber=613-555-1234
 # conference. This is only used for the old scheduling which will be
 # removed in the future. Use the API to create a conference.
 defaultWelcomeMessage=<br>Welcome to <b>%%CONFNAME%%</b>!<br><br>For help on using BigBlueButton see these (short) <a href="event:http://www.bigbluebutton.org/content/videos"><u>tutorial videos</u></a>.<br><br>To join the audio bridge click the headset icon (upper-left hand corner).  Use a headset to avoid causing background noise for others.<br>
-defaultWelcomeMessageFooter=This server is running a build of <a href="https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/090Overview" target="_blank"><u>BigBlueButton 0.9.0-dev</u></a>.
+defaultWelcomeMessageFooter=This server is running a build of <a href="https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/090Overview" target="_blank"><u>BigBlueButton 0.9.0-beta</u></a>.
 
 # Default maximum number of users a meeting can have.
 # Doesn't get enforced yet but is the default value when the create