diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 496d596b..8210dbf7 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+08 September 2017 Ike Devolder
+  * release: 0.7.4
+	* performance improvement when not using quiet mode
+
 25 June 2017 Ike Devolder
   * release: 0.7.3
 	* fixed critical issue on windows where created parfiles were corrupt
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6a53b9c8..c06c4efb 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dnl                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.62)
-AC_INIT([par2cmdline], [0.7.3], [ike.devolder@gmail.com])
+AC_INIT([par2cmdline], [0.7.4], [ike.devolder@gmail.com])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/par2cmdline.cpp])
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
diff --git a/man/par2.1 b/man/par2.1
index f2c56cc8..5cce7f5c 100644
--- a/man/par2.1
+++ b/man/par2.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Manpage for par2
 .\" Contact ike.devolder@gmail.com for mistakes.
-.TH par2 1 "june 2017" "0.7.3" "Parity archive utils"
+.TH par2 1 "june 2017" "0.7.4" "Parity archive utils"
 .SH NAME
 par2 \- PAR 2.0 compatible file verification and repair tool.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/par2cmdline.vcxproj b/par2cmdline.vcxproj
index 2d57c0a2..c564bd78 100644
--- a/par2cmdline.vcxproj
+++ b/par2cmdline.vcxproj
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.3";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.4";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <MinimalRebuild>true</MinimalRebuild>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.3";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.4";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <OpenMPSupport>true</OpenMPSupport>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>AnySuitable</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.3";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.4";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>AnySuitable</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.3";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE="par2cmdline";VERSION="0.7.4";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>