diff --git a/i2p2www/__init__.py b/i2p2www/__init__.py
index 9d77ec40bf3fb4524422a8ee52af8fa3071110bf..b7ffe53da1920215dd8f74d3b2a9316ca4daa0ad 100644
--- a/i2p2www/__init__.py
+++ b/i2p2www/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ except ImportError:
 ###########
 # Constants
 
-CURRENT_I2P_VERSION = '0.9.8'
+CURRENT_I2P_VERSION = '0.9.8.1'
 
 CANONICAL_DOMAIN = 'i2hq.srv.i2p2.de'
 
diff --git a/i2p2www/blog/2013/10/02/0.9.8.1-Release.rst b/i2p2www/blog/2013/10/02/0.9.8.1-Release.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a520bd4526c7532d39e87a58734009be2f714c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i2p2www/blog/2013/10/02/0.9.8.1-Release.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+===============
+{% trans %}0.9.8.1 Release{% endtrans %}
+===============
+.. meta::
+   :date: 2013-10-02
+   :category: release
+   :excerpt: {% trans %}0.9.8.1 fixes a problem with updating to 0.9.8 on Windows for some people. New installs and non-Windows platforms are not affected, however all platforms will automatically update even if running 0.9.8.{% endtrans %}
+
+{% trans %}0.9.8.1 fixes a problem with updating to 0.9.8 on Windows for some people. New installs and non-Windows platforms are not affected, however all platforms will automatically update even if running 0.9.8.{% endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+See the `Trac ticket`_ for details and workarounds. See
+`the 0.9.8 release notes`_ for information on IPv6 and other changes.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+Due to recent attacks, logins are disabled on `Trac`_ and new registrations are
+disabled on `zzz.i2p`_. Until those services are restored, please report all
+bugs on IRC freenode or IRC2P #i2p-dev.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+.. _{% trans %}`Trac ticket`{% endtrans %}: http://{{ i2pconv('trac.i2p2.i2p') }}/ticket/1056
+.. _{% trans %}`the 0.9.8 release notes`{% endtrans %}: {{ url_for('blog_post', slug='2013/09/30/0.9.8-Release') }}
+.. _`Trac`: http://{{ i2pconv('trac.i2p2.i2p') }}/
+.. _`zzz.i2p`: http://{{ i2pconv('zzz.i2p') }}/
+
+**{% trans %}SHA256 Checksums:{% endtrans %}**
+
+::
+
+   e4a0a5929f20a5e176aad1ba4fe85d6c321c06fbc802cd715970ec380bb9e4fe  i2pinstall_0.9.8.1_windows.exe
+   8b933d55622743e3692585d09a1393a898dfd3d8c8f4c7f489adc23981273d30  i2pinstall_0.9.8.1.jar
+   315072afc19b254a67062affe8b4515198ff64ecfcb4292b5f58b83975b3a1c3  i2psource_0.9.8.1.tar.bz2
+   a340f84b5893ba0f193ec86e09f15c0ef724735eafb4c67c090f23be020b24ab  i2pupdate_0.9.8.1.zip
+   15d135f9923337df2092e42b9c5aa6ba5904b39c5ff403eef235843b1957b942  i2pupdate.su2
+   d9902504d63556fa63a503fd088185dbbf3ace8b80e14dd4482b30e56b11f8d6  i2pupdate.sud
diff --git a/www.i2p2/pages/release-0.9.8.1.html b/www.i2p2/pages/release-0.9.8.1.html
deleted file mode 100644
index a4ee1ffb3ae54e463bcf2e2e52d3f711ab95d12f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/www.i2p2/pages/release-0.9.8.1.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{% extends "_layout.html" %}
-{% block title %}0.9.8.1 Release{% endblock %}
-{% block content %}
-
-<p>0.9.8.1 fixes a problem with updating to 0.9.8 on Windows for some people.
-New installs and non-Windows platforms are not affected, however all platforms
-will automatically update even if running 0.9.8.
-See the <a href="http://trac.i2p2.de/ticket/1056">trac ticket</a> for details and workarounds
-(<a href="http://trac.i2p2.i2p/ticket/1056">I2P link</a>).
-See <a href="release-0.9.8.html">the 0.9.8 release notes</a> for information on IPv6 and other changes.
-</p>
-<p>
-Due to recent attacks, logins are disabled on <a href="http://trac.i2p2.de/">trac</a> and new registrations are disabled on
-<a href="http://zzz.i2p/">zzz.i2p</a>. Until those services are restored, please report all bugs on IRC freenode or IRC2P #i2p-dev.
-</p>
-
-<b>
-SHA256 Checksums:
-</b>
-<pre>
-
-   e4a0a5929f20a5e176aad1ba4fe85d6c321c06fbc802cd715970ec380bb9e4fe  i2pinstall_0.9.8.1_windows.exe
-   8b933d55622743e3692585d09a1393a898dfd3d8c8f4c7f489adc23981273d30  i2pinstall_0.9.8.1.jar
-   315072afc19b254a67062affe8b4515198ff64ecfcb4292b5f58b83975b3a1c3  i2psource_0.9.8.1.tar.bz2
-   a340f84b5893ba0f193ec86e09f15c0ef724735eafb4c67c090f23be020b24ab  i2pupdate_0.9.8.1.zip
-   15d135f9923337df2092e42b9c5aa6ba5904b39c5ff403eef235843b1957b942  i2pupdate.su2
-   d9902504d63556fa63a503fd088185dbbf3ace8b80e14dd4482b30e56b11f8d6  i2pupdate.sud
-
-</pre>
-
-{% endblock %}