diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index c6d5f6905..37a46003f 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 NAME="IPFire"							# Software name
 SNAME="ipfire"							# Short name
-VERSION="2.8test"						# Version number
-CORE="44"							# Core Level (Filename)
+VERSION="2.9beta1"						# Version number
+CORE="43"							# Core Level (Filename)
 PAKFIRE_CORE="43"						# Core Level (PAKFIRE)
 GIT_BRANCH=`git status | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f4`		# Git Branch
 SLOGAN="www.ipfire.org"						# Software slogan
diff --git a/src/initscripts/init.d/firewall b/src/initscripts/init.d/firewall
index fea8d87e8..88889a4c2 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/init.d/firewall
+++ b/src/initscripts/init.d/firewall
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ case "$1" in
 	/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -j OUTGOINGFW
 
 	# localhost and ethernet.
-	/sbin/iptables -A INPUT   -i lo          -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
+	/sbin/iptables -I INPUT 1 -i lo -s 127.0.0.0/8 -d 127.0.0.0/8 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
 	/sbin/iptables -A INPUT   -s 127.0.0.0/8 -m state --state NEW -j DROP   # Loopback not on lo
 	/sbin/iptables -A INPUT   -d 127.0.0.0/8 -m state --state NEW -j DROP
-	/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -i lo          -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
+	/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -i lo -s 127.0.0.0/8 -d 127.0.0.0/8 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
 	/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -s 127.0.0.0/8 -m state --state NEW -j DROP
 	/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -d 127.0.0.0/8 -m state --state NEW -j DROP
 	/sbin/iptables -A INPUT   -i $GREEN_DEV  -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT ! -p icmp
diff --git a/src/install+setup/install/downloadsource.sh b/src/install+setup/install/downloadsource.sh
index 8471df312..fad2609d5 100644
--- a/src/install+setup/install/downloadsource.sh
+++ b/src/install+setup/install/downloadsource.sh
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
 #                                                                             #
 ###############################################################################
 
-# Path for testing. Need to be changed for release!
-IPFireISO=people.ipfire.org/~arne_f/testing/next/ipfire.iso
-#IPFireISO=download.ipfire.org/iso/ipfire.iso
+IPFireISO=download.ipfire.org/iso/ipfire.iso
 
 #Get user defined download from boot cmdline
 grep "netinstall=" /proc/cmdline > /dev/null && CMDLINE=1
diff --git a/src/scripts/backupiso b/src/scripts/backupiso
index c1cc35b53..203748f10 100644
--- a/src/scripts/backupiso
+++ b/src/scripts/backupiso
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 COREVER=`cat /opt/pakfire/db/core/mine`
 # FIXME: edit this lines before release
 URL=http://download.ipfire.org/iso/
-ISO=ipfire-2.7.i586-full-core$COREVER.iso
+ISO=ipfire-2.9beta1.i586-full-core$COREVER.iso
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then 
 	echo usage: $0 backup-file