diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4f568a4..2ae75e3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ prerelease:
 release: prerelease
 	@echo "This target will upload a new release to PyPi and code.google.com hosting."
 	@echo "Are you sure you want to proceed? (yes/no)"
-	@read yn; [ "yes" == $$yn ]
+	@read yn; if [ yes -ne $(yn) ]; then exit 1; fi
 	@echo "Here we go..."
 	cd snapshot; python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip register upload
 	wget "http://support.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/scripts/googlecode_upload.py" -O googlecode_upload.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ oauth2_prerelease:
 oauth2_release: oauth2_prerelease
 	@echo "This target will upload a new release to PyPi and code.google.com hosting."
 	@echo "Are you sure you want to proceed? (yes/no)"
-	@read yn; [ "yes" == $$yn ]
+	@read yn; if [ yes -ne $(yn) ]; then exit 1; fi
 	@echo "Here we go..."
 	cd snapshot; python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip register upload
 	wget "http://support.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/scripts/googlecode_upload.py" -O googlecode_upload.py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6095d8f..2a71fdf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ long_desc = """The Google API Client for Python is a client library for
 accessing the Plus, Moderator, and many other Google APIs."""
 
 setup(name="google-api-python-client",
-      version="1.0beta7",
+      version="1.0beta8",
       description="Google API Client Library for Python",
       long_description=long_desc,
       author="Joe Gregorio",