diff --git a/dwm.html b/dwm.html
index 9d54340..8abdb60 100644
--- a/dwm.html
+++ b/dwm.html
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@
 		</ul>
 		<h3>Download</h3>
 		<ul>
-			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dwm-0.7.tar.gz">dwm 0.7</a> (14kb) (20060807)</li>
-			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dmenu-0.2.tar.gz">dmenu 0.2</a> (7kb) (20060807)</li>
+			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dwm-0.8.tar.gz">dwm 0.8</a> (14kb) (20060810)</li>
+			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dmenu-0.3.tar.gz">dmenu 0.3</a> (7kb) (20060810)</li>
 		</ul>
 		<h3>Development</h3>
 		<p>
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 5efe599..52c0347 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	scan();
 
 	/* main event loop, also reads status text from stdin */
+	XSync(dpy, False);
 	while(running) {
 		FD_ZERO(&rd);
 		if(readin)