diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7408d33..823a4bf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@ SGAS BART ChangeLog
 
 008:
 
+Changed default behavior of idtimestamp to true and moved config 
+option into the [slurm] module.
+
+Bart do exits with error code if something goes wrong (Fixes #1)
+
+Diffrent errors gives diffrent severity in log files (Fixes #2)
+
+Client side verification of UR XML before sending (Fixes #4)
+
+Rewritten the LRMS modules for easier maintainance (Fixes #3)
+
 Changed how slurm reports number of nodes.
 This change the output format from the sacct command.
 
diff --git a/bart/__init__.py b/bart/__init__.py
index a9eee25..054ef81 100644
--- a/bart/__init__.py
+++ b/bart/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 # bart/__init__.py
 
-import time
-gmt = time.gmtime()
-
-# set this to "correct" version when making a release
-__version__ = 'svn-%04d%02d%02d' % (gmt.tm_year, gmt.tm_mon, gmt.tm_mday)
+__version__ = '008'
 
diff --git a/bart/common.py b/bart/common.py
index 1082065..4adfe70 100644
--- a/bart/common.py
+++ b/bart/common.py
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ def getSeconds(time_str):
     Convert a string of the form '%d-%H:%M:%S', '%H:%M:%S' or '%M:%S'
     to seconds.
     """
+
+    # an empty string will never be a time...
+    if time_str == "":
+        return None
+
     # sometimes the timestamp includs a fractional second part
     time_str = time_str.split('.')[0]
 
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ def getSeconds(time_str):
                 sec = st.tm_min*60+st.tm_sec
             except ValueError:
                 logging.error('String: %s does not match time format.' % time_str)
-                return -1
+                return None
 
     return sec
 
@@ -101,4 +106,4 @@ def writeUr(ur,cfg):
     ur_file = os.path.join(ur_dir, ur.record_id)
     ur.writeXML(ur_file)
     
-    logging.info('Wrote usage record to %s' % ur_file)
\ No newline at end of file
+    logging.info('Wrote usage record to %s' % ur_file)
diff --git a/bart/config.py b/bart/config.py
index b140447..3f4289c 100644
--- a/bart/config.py
+++ b/bart/config.py
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ def getConfigValueBool(self, section, value, default=None):
        
     # Check for missing items and check syntax
     def validate(self,section,lrms):
-        print lrms
-            
         for key in lrms.CONFIG:
             item = lrms.CONFIG[key]
             value = self.getConfigValue(section, key, None) 
diff --git a/datafiles/etc/bart.conf b/datafiles/etc/bart.conf
index f1b66de..11b1710 100644
--- a/datafiles/etc/bart.conf
+++ b/datafiles/etc/bart.conf
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
 #logfile=/var/log/bart.log
 #statedir=/var/spool/bart
 
-# If you use bart together with ARC, please read docs/arc-codeployment first!
-# This should probably be true as default.
-idtimestamp=true
-
 ## Logging points
 [logger]
 #log_all="https://host.example.org:6143/sgas"
@@ -40,4 +36,7 @@ idtimestamp=true
 ## example slurm configuration
 ## uncomment the section if you want to use SLURM
 #[slurm]
+# If you use bart together with ARC, please read docs/arc-codeployment first!
+# This should probably be true as default.
+#idtimestamp=true
 
diff --git a/sgas-bart.spec b/sgas-bart.spec
index dfb7ba0..08902fb 100644
--- a/sgas-bart.spec
+++ b/sgas-bart.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %define name sgas-bart
-%define version 007
+%define version 008
 %define release 1
 
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