diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2cd62c6..af652cd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Gemfile.lock
 tmp
 
 ## PROJECT::SPECIFIC
-ext/phashion_ext/include/
-ext/phashion_ext/lib/
+ext/phashion_ext
+!ext/phashion_ext/extconf.rb
+!ext/phashion_ext/phashion_ext.c
+!ext/phashion_ext/pHash-0.9.6.tar.gz
 lib/phashion_ext.bundle
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3630b18..262eae6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 History
 =========
 
+1.1.0
+-----
+* Converted to Minitest (issue #35)
+* Added Phashion.distance_from method (issue #30)
+* Add Sqlite3 extension to handle distance calculations (issue #27)
+
 1.0.8
 ------
 * Renamed the pHashion tar.gz archive as "pHash-0.9.6.tar.gz" to solve/enable install from github 
diff --git a/lib/phashion/version.rb b/lib/phashion/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a9d183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/phashion/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module Phashion
+  VERSION = '1.1.0'
+end
diff --git a/phashion.gemspec b/phashion.gemspec
index 83b6779..135a646 100644
--- a/phashion.gemspec
+++ b/phashion.gemspec
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require 'phashion/version'
+  
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-  s.name          = %q{phashion}
-  s.version       = "1.0.8"
+  s.name          = 'phashion'
+  s.version       = Phashion::VERSION
   s.authors       = ["Mike Perham"]
   s.email         = ["mperham@gmail.com"]
-  s.description   = %q{Simple wrapper around the pHash library}
-  s.homepage      = %q{http://github.com/westonplatter/phashion}
+  s.description   = 'Simple wrapper around the pHash library'
+  s.homepage      = 'http://github.com/westonplatter/phashion'
   
   s.extensions    = ["ext/phashion_ext/extconf.rb"]
   s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")