diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog.md
similarity index 98%
rename from ChangeLog
rename to ChangeLog.md
index 97b8fc5..45c392d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## [0.4.23.beta9](https://github.com/ruby-debug/ruby-debug-ide/compare/v0.4.23.beta8...master)
+
+* problem with calculating local varibales for 1.8 fixed
+
+## "per-historical" changes 
 Dennis Ushakov <dennis.ushakov@gmail.com>
   * run context commands on stopped thread to prevent segfaults (3c1b52d5091fccec447d5695d5b43e73f335cc54)
   * enable building without deps (9b597f8ce2b97ed40bb57e55ad178cf8ce270fa9)
diff --git a/lib/ruby-debug-ide/commands/variables.rb b/lib/ruby-debug-ide/commands/variables.rb
index 0d8fa1d..3414fcf 100644
--- a/lib/ruby-debug-ide/commands/variables.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby-debug-ide/commands/variables.rb
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ def help(cmd)
   end
   
   class VarInstanceCommand < Command # :nodoc:
-    # TODO: try to find out a way to use Kernel.binding
-    BINDING_COMMAND = (defined? Rubinius) ? 'binding' : '::Kernel.binding'
+    # TODO: try to find out a way to use Kernel.binding for Rubinius
+    # ::Kernel.binding doesn't for for ruby 1.8 (see RUBY-14679)
+    BINDING_COMMAND = (defined?(Rubinius) || RUBY_VERSION < '1.9') ? 'binding' : '::Kernel.binding'
 
     def regexp
       # id will be read as first match, name as post match
diff --git a/lib/ruby-debug-ide/version.rb b/lib/ruby-debug-ide/version.rb
index 613be3c..00cd78f 100755
--- a/lib/ruby-debug-ide/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby-debug-ide/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Debugger
-  IDE_VERSION='0.4.23.beta8'
+  IDE_VERSION='0.4.23.beta9'
 end
diff --git a/ruby-debug-ide.gemspec b/ruby-debug-ide.gemspec
index 3fa468d..00d2e45 100644
--- a/ruby-debug-ide.gemspec
+++ b/ruby-debug-ide.gemspec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ RUBY_DEBUG_IDE_VERSION = Debugger::IDE_VERSION unless defined? RUBY_DEBUG_IDE_VE
 
 unless defined? FILES
   FILES = ['CHANGES',
-  'ChangeLog',
+  'ChangeLog.md',
   'ChangeLog.archive',
   'MIT-LICENSE',
   'Rakefile',