diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3035ad2d69271fa7e9461e7f81ee761dd30904ed..fdc3656d5e733993823d60f4903504ed682d2ae0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2015-02-05, v0.8.1
+	* Fix a bug in the wizard that terminated the program unexpectedly
+
 2015-01-05, v0.8
 	* Support locally mounting the image on the host system
 	* Add option for running user defined scripts in the image's root after
diff --git a/image_creator/dialog_wizard.py b/image_creator/dialog_wizard.py
index 70a5f572006bc80b7140bb13b5820491907454b6..78b5bf3fd0ccfec4c7550e8a4741fd506d55b3c7 100644
--- a/image_creator/dialog_wizard.py
+++ b/image_creator/dialog_wizard.py
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ def create_image(session, answers):
     """Create an image using the information collected by the wizard"""
     image = session['image']
 
-    with_progress = OutputWthProgress(True)
+    with_progress = OutputWthProgress()
     image.out.append(with_progress)
     try:
         image.out.clear()
diff --git a/image_creator/version.py b/image_creator/version.py
index 24939f3e835cd3b4e565cb32b9e983538b1fe006..439044ac1c0b0d78781248ff8cf1384918a8c17f 100644
--- a/image_creator/version.py
+++ b/image_creator/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
-__version__ = "0.8"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 __version_vcs_info__ = {
-    'branch': 'master',
-    'revid': 'ea04ad1',
-    'revno': 654}
+    'branch': 'hotfix-0.8.1',
+    'revid': '27ddd5e',
+    'revno': 657}
 __version_user_email__ = "skalkoto@grnet.gr"
 __version_user_name__ = "Nikos Skalkotos"
diff --git a/version b/version
index aec258df73d39d2122706793921981f4a0f672f8..6f4eebdf6f68fc72411793cdb19e3f1715b117f3 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8
+0.8.1