diff --git a/Common/OS.cpp b/Common/OS.cpp
index 1c1ce9c5600fd41dd6d1e92862f8123f089351fd..44c5bdd931232d66cd9895a6ce584b0c97a415d6 100644
--- a/Common/OS.cpp
+++ b/Common/OS.cpp
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ int SystemCall(const std::string &command, bool blocking)
   if(isPython || isExe){
     if(access(exe.c_str(), X_OK)){
       if(isPython){
-        Msg::Info("Script '%s' is not executable: running with python", 
+        Msg::Info("Script '%s' is not executable: running with python",
 		  exe.c_str());
         cmd = "python " + cmd;
       }
diff --git a/Mesh/meshGRegion.cpp b/Mesh/meshGRegion.cpp
index 809307b98c31989d81d1cc93bbefd2990f50503c..57a631fbdf8d12ef6ebb0ea1069af7a64b453fb8 100644
--- a/Mesh/meshGRegion.cpp
+++ b/Mesh/meshGRegion.cpp
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ void MeshDelaunayVolume(std::vector<GRegion*> &regions)
 	       (Msg::GetVerbosity() > 6) ? 'V': '\0');
     }
     else {
-      sprintf(opts, "-Ype%c",
+      sprintf(opts, "Ype%c",
               (Msg::GetVerbosity() < 3) ? 'Q':
               (Msg::GetVerbosity() > 6) ? 'V': '\0');
       // removed -q because mesh sizes at new vertices are wrong
diff --git a/benchmarks/stl/artery.geo b/benchmarks/stl/artery.geo
index 12250dd18cf63dc8eeb3ccbd40a2c6e11825329b..8c485c57ab7316bd046f3955c5279aea59aca3d0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/stl/artery.geo
+++ b/benchmarks/stl/artery.geo
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Mesh.Algorithm = 8; //(1=MeshAdapt, 2=Automatic, 5=Delaunay, 6=Frontal, 7=bamg, 8=delquad)
+Mesh.Algorithm = 1; //(1=MeshAdapt, 2=Automatic, 5=Delaunay, 6=Frontal, 7=bamg, 8=delquad)
 
-Mesh.RemeshParametrization=7; //(0=harmonic_circle, 1=conformal, 2=rbf, 3=harmonic_plane, 4=convex_circle, 5=convex_plane, 6=harmonic square" 
+Mesh.RemeshParametrization=1; //(0=harmonic_circle, 1=conformal, 2=rbf, 3=harmonic_plane, 4=convex_circle, 5=convex_plane, 6=harmonic square"
 Mesh.RemeshAlgorithm=1; //(0) nosplit (1) automatic (2) split metis
 
 Mesh.CharacteristicLengthFactor=0.1;
diff --git a/doc/VERSIONS.txt b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
index 35ed72b21a9aa915ef156fb14346cd53ef77417b..5bbaee4b703530e6ba0cae3b851bcffcc871ef20 100644
--- a/doc/VERSIONS.txt
+++ b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2.8.1 (July ?, 2013): improved compound surfaces.
+
 2.8.0 (July 8, 2013): improved Delaunay point insertion; fixed mesh orientation
 of plane surfaces; fixed mesh size prescribed at embedded points; improved
 display of vectors at COG; new experimental text string display engines;