diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9619c43..c11607c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
-VERSION=0.8.1
+VERSION=0.9.0
 
 
-help:
-	@echo "help"
-	@echo "-------------------------------------------------------"
-	@echo "make help     this help"
-	@echo "make clean    remove temporary files"
-	@echo "make test     run test suite"
-	@echo "make install  install this package locally"
-	@echo "make release  prep a release and upload to PyPI"
+help: ## Shows this help
+	@echo "$$(grep -h '#\{2\}' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sed 's/: #\{2\} /	/' | column -t -s '	')"
 
 
-clean:
+clean: ## Remove temporary files
 	find . -name "*.pyc" -delete
 	find . -name ".DS_Store" -delete
 	rm -rf *.egg
@@ -20,7 +14,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf build
 	rm -rf dist
 
-test:
+test: ## Run test suite
 	python -m unittest discover
 
 version:
@@ -40,6 +34,6 @@ release: clean version
 	python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel upload
 
 # makes it easier to test setup.py's entry points
-install:
+install: ## Install this package locally
 	-pip uninstall cloudwatch-to-graphite --yes
 	pip install .
diff --git a/leadbutt.py b/leadbutt.py
index 8acfbf3..e726df8 100644
--- a/leadbutt.py
+++ b/leadbutt.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 else:
     text_type = unicode
 
-__version__ = '0.8.1'
+__version__ = '0.9.0'
 
 
 # configuration
diff --git a/plumbum.py b/plumbum.py
index 75e6b32..971edb8 100644
--- a/plumbum.py
+++ b/plumbum.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 import jinja2
 import os.path
 
-__version__ = '0.8.1'
+__version__ = '0.9.0'
 
 # DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = 'ec2'  # TODO
 DEFAULT_REGION = 'us-east-1'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d9573ec..9171810 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 setup(
     name='cloudwatch-to-graphite',
     description='Helper for pushing AWS CloudWatch metrics to Graphite',
-    version='0.8.1',
+    version='0.9.0',
     author='Chris Chang',
     author_email='c@crccheck.com',
     url='https://github.com/crccheck/cloudwatch-to-graphite',