diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 6194b3eb6..32f18e709 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.16.0 (2016-06-09)
+=======================================
+
+NB: As of v0.14 all AS config files must have an ID field.
+
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Don't make rooms published by default (PR #857)
+
 Changes in synapse v0.16.0-rc2 (2016-06-08)
 ===========================================
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 02e7c61d1..ebcb15a97 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -58,12 +58,13 @@ the spec in the context of a codebase and let you run your own homeserver and
 generally help bootstrap the ecosystem.
 
 In Matrix, every user runs one or more Matrix clients, which connect through to
-a Matrix homeserver which stores all their personal chat history and user
-account information - much as a mail client connects through to an IMAP/SMTP
-server. Just like email, you can either run your own Matrix homeserver and
-control and own your own communications and history or use one hosted by
-someone else (e.g. matrix.org) - there is no single point of control or
-mandatory service provider in Matrix, unlike WhatsApp, Facebook, Hangouts, etc.
+a Matrix homeserver. The homeserver stores all their personal chat history and
+user account information - much as a mail client connects through to an
+IMAP/SMTP server. Just like email, you can either run your own Matrix
+homeserver and control and own your own communications and history or use one
+hosted by someone else (e.g. matrix.org) - there is no single point of control
+or mandatory service provider in Matrix, unlike WhatsApp, Facebook, Hangouts,
+etc.
 
 Synapse ships with two basic demo Matrix clients: webclient (a basic group chat
 web client demo implemented in AngularJS) and cmdclient (a basic Python
@@ -617,7 +618,7 @@ Building internal API documentation::
 
 
 
-Halp!! Synapse eats all my RAM!
+Help!! Synapse eats all my RAM!
 ===============================
 
 Synapse's architecture is quite RAM hungry currently - we deliberately
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/synapse.service b/contrib/systemd/synapse.service
index 2e8cd21c9..967a4debf 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd/synapse.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd/synapse.service
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Description=Synapse Matrix homeserver
 Type=simple
 User=synapse
 Group=synapse
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/synapse
 WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/synapse
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/python2.7 -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path=/etc/synapse/homeserver.yaml --log-config=/etc/synapse/log_config.yaml
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index ad088a788..dc211e963 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.16.0-rc2"
+__version__ = "0.16.0"