diff --git a/Text/Search/Sphinx.hs b/Text/Search/Sphinx.hs
--- a/Text/Search/Sphinx.hs
+++ b/Text/Search/Sphinx.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+
 -- The following functions are not yet implemented:
 -- setFilterFloatRange, setGeoAnchor
 -- resetFilters, resetGroupBy
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@
                         T.QueryOk result        -> T.Warning warning result
                         T.QueryWarning w result -> T.Warning (BS.append warning w) result
                         T.QueryError code e     -> T.Error code e
-         
+
 connect :: String -> Int -> IO Handle
 connect host port = do
   connection <- connectTo host (PortNumber $ fromIntegral $ port)
@@ -183,10 +185,20 @@
   where 
     numQueries = length qs
     queryReq = foldPuts qs
+
     request = runPut $ do
                 cmd T.ScSearch
                 verCmd T.VcSearch
-                num $ 4 + (fromEnum $ BS.length (runPut queryReq))
+                num $ 
+#ifdef ONE_ONE_BETA
+                      4
+#else
+                      8
+#endif
+                        + (fromEnum $ BS.length (runPut queryReq))
+#ifdef ONE_ONE_BETA
+                num 0
+#endif
                 num numQueries
                 queryReq
 
diff --git a/sphinx.cabal b/sphinx.cabal
--- a/sphinx.cabal
+++ b/sphinx.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:            sphinx
-Version:         0.5.0
+Version:         0.5.1
 Synopsis:        Haskell bindings to the Sphinx full-text searching deamon.
-Description:     Haskell bindings to the Sphinx full-text searching deamon. Compatible with sphinx version 1.1
+Description:     Haskell bindings to the Sphinx full-text searching deamon. Compatible with Sphinx version 2.0 
 Category:        Text, Search, Database
 License:         BSD3
 License-file:    LICENSE
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 Build-Type:      Simple
 
 Flag version-1-1-beta
-  Description: By default this library is compatible with version 1.10 beta of sphinx
-               you could try it without the flag on version 2, but should use this flag.
+  Description: By default this library is compatible with version 2.0 beta of Sphinx.
+               Use this flag if you use Sphinx 1.1
   Default: False
 
 library
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@
 
   if flag(version-1-1-beta)
     cpp-options:   -DONE_ONE_BETA
+