diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 8898e1df..66f5f045 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # History
 
+## 0.3.16 / 2013-10-07
+* allowed including files without having to register a specific filter
+* enabled self closing tags with trailing "/" #57
+
 ## 0.3.15 / 2013-09-12
 * added support for including non jade files (js, css, ...) inside a template
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 524ba450..14fa02db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ We are using Github for Maven hosting. Just add this repository ...
 <dependency>
   <groupId>de.neuland</groupId>
   <artifactId>jade4j</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.15</version>
+  <version>0.3.16</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ccb4edad..3a25d9ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.neuland</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jade4j</artifactId>
-	<version>0.3.15</version>
+	<version>0.3.16</version>
 	<name>jade templating engine for Java VM</name>
 	<issueManagement>
 		<url>https://github.com/neuland/jade4j/issues</url>
diff --git a/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.jar b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc847d3c
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diff --git a/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.jar.md5 b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.jar.md5
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bf8ab26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.jar.md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+eb75e10d12ca96ff6b0c7faeb317d6fa
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.jar.sha1 b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0524ea4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3ac20fb52ef9aa379584a152ce61e0f6754627cc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.pom b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.pom
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a25d9ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>de.neuland</groupId>
+	<artifactId>jade4j</artifactId>
+	<version>0.3.16</version>
+	<name>jade templating engine for Java VM</name>
+	<issueManagement>
+		<url>https://github.com/neuland/jade4j/issues</url>
+		<system>GitHub Issues</system>
+	</issueManagement>
+	<licenses>
+		<license>
+			<name>MIT License</name>
+			<url>http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php</url>
+			<distribution>repo</distribution>
+		</license>
+	</licenses>
+
+	<scm>
+		<url>https://github.com/neuland/jade4j</url>
+		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/neuland/jade4j.git</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:neuland/jade4j.git</developerConnection>
+	</scm>
+
+	<developers>
+		<developer>
+			<name>Artur Tomas</name>
+			<url>https://github.com/atomiccoder</url>
+			<id>atomiccoder</id>
+		</developer>
+		<developer>
+			<name>Stefan Kuper</name>
+			<url>https://github.com/planetk</url>
+			<id>planetk</id>
+		</developer>
+		<developer>
+			<name>Michael Geers</name>
+			<url>https://github.com/naltatis</url>
+			<id>naltatis</id>
+		</developer>
+	</developers>
+
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
+
+	<distributionManagement>
+		<repository>
+			<id>repo</id>
+			<url>https://github.com/neuland/jade4j/raw/master/releases</url>
+		</repository>
+		<snapshotRepository>
+			<id>snapshot-repo</id>
+			<url>https://github.com/neuland/jade4j/raw/master/snapshots</url>
+		</snapshotRepository>
+	</distributionManagement>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.3.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.12</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-jexl</artifactId>
+			<version>2.1.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
+			<version>3.2.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+			<version>2.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+			<version>3.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+    <dependency>
+			<groupId>com.googlecode.concurrentlinkedhashmap</groupId>
+			<artifactId>concurrentlinkedhashmap-lru</artifactId>
+			<version>1.3.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- Testing -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+			<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+			<version>2.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.10</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.pegdown</groupId>
+			<artifactId>pegdown</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.pom.md5 b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.pom.md5
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..005e01e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.pom.md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+205aa73afcfc8d1feb3b9a1068fbb032
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.pom.sha1 b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.pom.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dae6cbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/0.3.16/jade4j-0.3.16.pom.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7424143806f6b5112b71867bb3ec81f2dbbcc4c6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/maven-metadata.xml b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/maven-metadata.xml
index 7652d0d0..f24e498d 100644
--- a/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/maven-metadata.xml
+++ b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <groupId>de.neuland</groupId>
   <artifactId>jade4j</artifactId>
   <versioning>
-    <release>0.3.15</release>
+    <release>0.3.16</release>
     <versions>
       <version>0.2.0</version>
       <version>0.2.1</version>
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
       <version>0.3.13</version>
       <version>0.3.14</version>
       <version>0.3.15</version>
+      <version>0.3.16</version>
     </versions>
-    <lastUpdated>20130920220100</lastUpdated>
+    <lastUpdated>20131007082255</lastUpdated>
   </versioning>
 </metadata>
diff --git a/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/maven-metadata.xml.md5 b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/maven-metadata.xml.md5
index 8d80577e..c0fce995 100644
--- a/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/maven-metadata.xml.md5
+++ b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/maven-metadata.xml.md5
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+f256f634fd38dce579092fc9b8401c7e
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diff --git a/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/maven-metadata.xml.sha1 b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/maven-metadata.xml.sha1
index cd68f549..ec36cff4 100644
--- a/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/maven-metadata.xml.sha1
+++ b/releases/de/neuland/jade4j/maven-metadata.xml.sha1
@@ -1 +1 @@
-33f1dd35f389d5717eab6cfc148374d191bab71d
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+cbab5ecb7706acafbb0fcb9a18e4ff8218ba7938
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