diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a6c7c67..a99e36db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Interim release 1.8.8
+## Interim release 1.8.9
 
 * ENHANCEMENT: Service Worker mode is now the default in contexts or frameworks that natively support it with good performance
 * ENHANCEMENT: Option to reset app to defaults in Expert settings
+* ENHANCEMENT: Better feedback to user during slow ZIM archive loading
+* ENHANCEMENT: Included favicons at various resolutions
 * DEV: Developer option to bypass appCache
+* DEV: Window location information now shown in API panel
 * FIX: Bug that would sometimes cause a blank screen in Service Worker mode on slow devices
 * FIX: Set headers properly when caching Fetch responses in JQuery mode
+* FIX: Loading of articles that have question marks or hashes in the title
 
 ## Release 1.8.6
 
diff --git a/service-worker.js b/service-worker.js
index 99ecb7d2..78785605 100644
--- a/service-worker.js
+++ b/service-worker.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * download and install a new copy; we have to hard code this here because it is needed before any other file
  * is cached in APP_CACHE
  */
-const appVersion = '1.8.8';
+const appVersion = '1.8.9';
 
 /**
  * The name of the Cache API cache in which assets defined in regexpCachedContentTypes will be stored
diff --git a/www/index.html b/www/index.html
index 817c8eb0..7bc729a2 100644
--- a/www/index.html
+++ b/www/index.html
@@ -120,19 +120,16 @@
                     <div id="update" class="update">
                         <h3 style="margin-top:0;">Changes in version <span class="version">1.0</span></h3>
                         <ul style="padding-left: 15px;">
-                            <li>Sample archive updated to wikipedia_en_100_nopic_2021-12</li>
                             <li>SW mode is now the default in contexts that natively support it with good performance</li>
-                            <li>Fixed bug that would cause a blank screen in SW mode on slow devices</li>
-                            <li>New option to reset app to defaults in Expert settings</li>
-                            <li>Assets cache and app cache are now separated, so assets persist after update</li>
-                            <li>New persistent caching of ZIM assets that are not provided in file system</li>
-                            <li>Interoperability of cached Fetch and Response pairs betweeen JQuery and SW modes</li>
-                            <li>App selects best available caching technology: Cache API, IndexedDB, or memory</li>
-                            <li>New Cache API info panel in Configuration, and option to stop using and empty the cache</li>
-                            <li>Fix regression whereby blue image placeholders were not shown in jQuery mode when user turns off image display</li>
-                            <li>Fix regression with Electron file handling causing previously picked archive to be forgotten</li>
+                            <li>New option to reset app to defaults in Expert Settings</li>
+                            <li>Provide better feedback to user during slow ZIM archive loading</li>
+                            <li>Included favicons at various resolutions</li>
+                            <li>Developer option to bypass appCache in Configuration</li>
+                            <li>>Window location information is now shown in API panel</li>
+                            <li>Fixed bug that would sometimes cause a blank screen in Service Worker mode on slow devices</li>
+                            <li>Fix loading of articles that have question marks or hashes in the title</li>
                         </ul>
-                        <p><a href="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-windows/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md" target="_blank">Full changelog...<img src="I/s/Icon_External_Link.png"></a></p>
+                        <p><a href="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-windows/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md" target="_blank">And there's more...<img src="I/s/Icon_External_Link.png"></a></p>
                     </div>
                     <div id="features">
                         <h3>Features in Version 1.0</h3>
diff --git a/www/js/init.js b/www/js/init.js
index 61c24946..ed48e057 100644
--- a/www/js/init.js
+++ b/www/js/init.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var params = {};
  */
 var appstate = {};
 /******** UPDATE VERSION IN service-worker.js TO MATCH VERSION AND CHECK PWASERVER BELOW!!!!!!! *******/
-params['appVersion'] = "1.8.8"; //DEV: Manually update this version when there is a new release: it is compared to the Settings Store "appVersion" in order to show first-time info, and the cookie is updated in app.js
+params['appVersion'] = "1.8.9"; //DEV: Manually update this version when there is a new release: it is compared to the Settings Store "appVersion" in order to show first-time info, and the cookie is updated in app.js
 /******* UPDATE THIS ^^^^^^ IN service worker AND PWA-SERVER BELOW !! ********************/
 params['packagedFile'] = getSetting('packagedFile') || "wikipedia_en_100_nopic_2021-12.zim"; //For packaged Kiwix JS (e.g. with Wikivoyage file), set this to the filename (for split files, give the first chunk *.zimaa) and place file(s) in default storage
 params['archivePath'] = "archives"; //The directory containing the packaged archive(s) (relative to app's root directory)