diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5427b8dcfe..265cbe80fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Changes in [0.9.5](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/releases/tag/v0.9.5) (2016-12-24)
+==========================================================================================
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/compare/v0.9.4...v0.9.5)
+
+ * make electron send email validation URLs with a nextlink of riot.im rather than file:///
+ * add gnu-tar to debian electron build deps
+ * fix win32 shortcut in start menu
+
 Changes in [0.9.4](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/releases/tag/v0.9.4) (2016-12-22)
 ==========================================================================================
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/compare/v0.9.3...v0.9.4)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a468955bf4..41f307d347 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ The only platform that can build packages for all three platforms is macOS:
 ```
 brew install wine --without-x11
 brew install mono
+brew install gnu-tar
 npm install
 npm run build:electron
 ```
diff --git a/electron/src/squirrelhooks.js b/electron/src/squirrelhooks.js
index 10fb8d9ec5..295ef5cfda 100644
--- a/electron/src/squirrelhooks.js
+++ b/electron/src/squirrelhooks.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 const app = require('electron').app;
 
 function run_update_exe(args, done) {
-    const updateExe = path.resolve(path.dirname(process.execPath), '..', 'Update.exe');
+    const updateExe = path.resolve(path.dirname(process.execPath), 'Update.exe');
     spawn(updateExe, args, {
       detached: true
     }).on('close', done);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34df1c4eb4..02e280a584 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "riot-web",
   "productName": "Riot",
   "main": "electron/src/electron-main.js",
-  "version": "0.9.4",
+  "version": "0.9.5",
   "description": "A feature-rich client for Matrix.org",
   "author": "Vector Creations Ltd.",
   "repository": {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "highlight.js": "^9.0.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.3",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "0.7.2",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "0.8.3",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "0.8.4",
     "modernizr": "^3.1.0",
     "q": "^1.4.1",
     "react": "^15.4.0",
diff --git a/src/vector/index.js b/src/vector/index.js
index b791783b98..8231950b49 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.js
+++ b/src/vector/index.js
@@ -136,11 +136,20 @@ var onNewScreen = function(screen) {
 // click back to the client having registered.
 // It's up to us to recognise if we're loaded with
 // this URL and tell MatrixClient to resume registration.
+//
+// If we're in electron, we should never pass through a file:// URL otherwise
+// the identity server will try to 302 the browser to it, which breaks horribly.
+// so in that instance, hardcode to use riot.im/app for now instead.
 var makeRegistrationUrl = function() {
-    return window.location.protocol + '//' +
-           window.location.host +
-           window.location.pathname +
-           '#/register';
+    if (window.location.protocol === "file:") {
+        return 'https://riot.im/app/#/register';
+    }
+    else {
+        return window.location.protocol + '//' +
+               window.location.host +
+               window.location.pathname +
+               '#/register';
+    }
 }
 
 window.addEventListener('hashchange', onHashChange);