diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 6bf78df2d..cfdd65f0f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ Changelog
 
 kitty is a feature full, cross-platform, *fast*, GPU based terminal emulator.
 
+version 0.8.4 [2018-03-31]
+-----------------------------
+
+- Fix presence of XDG_CONFIG_DIRS and absence of XDG_CONFIG_HOME preventing
+  kitty from starting
+
+- Revert change in last release to cell width calculation. Instead just clip
+  the right edges of characters that overflow the cell by at most two pixels
+
+
 version 0.8.3 [2018-03-29]
 -----------------------------
 
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index b7c292e42..4db9a7f76 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from collections import namedtuple
 from .fast_data_types import set_boss as set_c_boss
 
 appname = 'kitty'
-version = (0, 8, 3)
+version = (0, 8, 4)
 str_version = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos = 'darwin' in _plat