diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 13221be0..77c08229 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+v0.8.8 2003-11-23  Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
+
+	- Just a few fixes to converting old settings automatically
+
 v0.8.7 2003-11-23  Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
 
 	* Settings changes - we have now "time", "size" and "level" setting
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e486b834..b7591609 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if test -n "`grep '^#undef VERSION' config.h.in`"; then
 fi
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(irssi, 0.8.7)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(irssi, 0.8.8)
 
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
diff --git a/src/fe-common/irc/dcc/fe-dcc.c b/src/fe-common/irc/dcc/fe-dcc.c
index 38ac07a4..338d5f81 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/irc/dcc/fe-dcc.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/irc/dcc/fe-dcc.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "commands.h"
 #include "network.h"
 #include "levels.h"
+#include "settings.h"
 
 #include "dcc-chat.h"
 #include "dcc-file.h"
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ void fe_irc_dcc_init(void)
 	command_bind("dcc list", NULL, (SIGNAL_FUNC) cmd_dcc_list);
 
 	theme_register(fecommon_irc_dcc_formats);
+	settings_check();
 	module_register("dcc", "fe-irc");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fe-common/irc/notifylist/fe-notifylist.c b/src/fe-common/irc/notifylist/fe-notifylist.c
index 5cbb3993..40341941 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/irc/notifylist/fe-notifylist.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/irc/notifylist/fe-notifylist.c
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ void fe_irc_notifylist_init(void)
 
 	command_set_options("notify", "list");
 
+	settings_check();
 	module_register("notifylist", "fe-irc");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/irc/core/irc-core.c b/src/irc/core/irc-core.c
index 5386f372..09da3c8d 100644
--- a/src/irc/core/irc-core.c
+++ b/src/irc/core/irc-core.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "module.h"
 #include "chat-protocols.h"
+#include "settings.h"
 
 #include "irc-servers.h"
 #include "irc-chatnets.h"
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ void irc_core_init(void)
 	netsplit_init();
 	irc_expandos_init();
 
+	settings_check();
 	module_register("core", "irc");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/irc/dcc/dcc.c b/src/irc/dcc/dcc.c
index 8b07b86d..b66db5f1 100644
--- a/src/irc/dcc/dcc.c
+++ b/src/irc/dcc/dcc.c
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ void irc_dcc_init(void)
 	dcc_autoget_init();
 	dcc_server_init();
 
+	settings_check();
 	module_register("dcc", "irc");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/irc/flood/flood.c b/src/irc/flood/flood.c
index 872db941..1d1cd3f3 100644
--- a/src/irc/flood/flood.c
+++ b/src/irc/flood/flood.c
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ void irc_flood_init(void)
 	signal_add("server disconnected", (SIGNAL_FUNC) flood_deinit_server);
 
 	autoignore_init();
+	settings_check();
 	module_register("flood", "irc");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/irc/notifylist/notifylist.c b/src/irc/notifylist/notifylist.c
index 39806769..0e8155fd 100644
--- a/src/irc/notifylist/notifylist.c
+++ b/src/irc/notifylist/notifylist.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "module.h"
 #include "modules.h"
 #include "signals.h"
+#include "settings.h"
 
 #include "irc.h"
 #include "irc-channels.h"
@@ -354,6 +355,7 @@ void irc_notifylist_init(void)
 	signal_add("channel wholist", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_channel_wholist);
 	signal_add("setup reread", (SIGNAL_FUNC) notifylist_read_config);
 
+	settings_check();
 	module_register("notifylist", "irc");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/irc/proxy/proxy.c b/src/irc/proxy/proxy.c
index 2240f63b..7e5285f1 100644
--- a/src/irc/proxy/proxy.c
+++ b/src/irc/proxy/proxy.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ void irc_proxy_init(void)
 	}
 
 	proxy_listen_init();
+	settings_check();
         module_register("proxy", "irc");
 }