diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.txt b/RELEASENOTES.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+
+This document describes the various releases of the Helium compiler that were
+published on Hackage since 2014. Pre-Hackage and pre-Cabal versions of Helium
+are not documented. For information on these, please contact the authors
+of Helium. More information on the compiler and the ideas underlying it can
+be found on the Helium website, located at 
+
+   http://foswiki.cs.uu.nl/foswiki/Helium/WebHome
+   
+ABOUT VERSION 1.8
+
+This is the first version of Helium to be deployed through Cabal and Hackage.
+The main changes with respect to earlier versions of Helium is how the compiler
+is invoked, the parameters it supports, the use of a configuration file that
+governs its behaviour, and of course the platform independence achieved through
+the use of Cabal. The package offers three executables: ``texthint'' (the
+text-based command-line interpreter, i.e., our version of ghci), ``runhelium''
+(a wrapper for executing lvm object code files), and of course ``helium'', the
+compiler itself. 
+
+
+ABOUT VERSION 1.8.1
+
+Version 1.8 of Helium does not work with the graphical programming environment
+``Hint'' that Arie Middelkoop developed some years ago. Since the release of
+Helium 1.8 on Hackage we found that some people would still like to use Hint. 
+This version of Helium works well with Hint (version 1.8.1 and higher). The
+integration is achieved through a program ``heliumpath'' that exposes the
+necessary path information that Hint needs to locate the libraries and the
+configuration file.
+
+Hint is not available through Hackage. The jar-file for Hint can be downloaded
+from the Helium website. The sources of Hint are publicly available from the svn 
+repository that also stores the source code of the Helium compiler and all
+associated tools. Again, see the links on the Helium website.
+
+
diff --git a/helium.cabal b/helium.cabal
--- a/helium.cabal
+++ b/helium.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                   helium
-version:                1.8
+version:                1.8.1
 synopsis:               The Helium Compiler.
 homepage:               http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/bin/view/Helium/WebHome
 description:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   to define new type classes and instances.
 
 category:               Compiler
-copyright:              (c) 2014
+copyright:              (c) 2014-2015
 license:                GPL
 license-file:           LICENSE.txt
 author:                 Bastiaan Heeren, Jurriaan Hage
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 stability:              provisional
 extra-source-files:
   CREDITS.txt
+  RELEASENOTES.txt
   src/Makefile
   src/Helium/CodeGeneration/CodeGeneration.ag
   src/Helium/CodeGeneration/ToCoreDecl.ag
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@
 
 source-repository head
   type:     svn
-  location: https://subversion.cs.uu.nl/repos/staff.jur.Top/trunk
+  location: https://svn.science.uu.nl/repos/sci.hage0101.helium
   
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -121,6 +122,16 @@
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+Executable heliumpath
+  Build-Depends:     base >= 3 && < 5
+  ghc-options:       -Wall
+  default-language:  Haskell98
+  hs-source-dirs:    src
+  Main-is:           HeliumPath/Main.hs
+  other-modules:     Paths_helium                
+  
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  
 Library
   Build-Depends:     base >= 3 && < 5, containers, mtl, parsec, network, process, transformers, filepath, directory, wl-pprint, Top >= 1.7, lvmlib >= 1.1
   ghc-options:       -Wall
diff --git a/src/Helium/Main/Version.hs b/src/Helium/Main/Version.hs
--- a/src/Helium/Main/Version.hs
+++ b/src/Helium/Main/Version.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 module Helium.Main.Version where 
 
 version :: String
-version = "1.8 (Wed Jul 16 15:26:12 CEST 2014)"
+version = "1.8.1 (Wed ... CEST 2015)"
diff --git a/src/HeliumPath/Main.hs b/src/HeliumPath/Main.hs
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+++ b/src/HeliumPath/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{-| Module      :  Main
+    License     :  GPL
+
+    Maintainer  :  helium@cs.uu.nl
+    Stability   :  experimental
+    Portability :  portable
+    
+    The only thing this program does is display the path information 
+    on where to find the files associated with this version of Helium.
+    This can be used by external tools, like Hint.
+       
+-}
+
+module Main where
+
+import Paths_helium
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+    bd <- getBinDir
+    dd <- getDataDir
+    
+    putStrLn bd
+    putStrLn dd
+    return ()
+
+