diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index cb2701a..376a2fe 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+0.0.4
+=====
+
+- fixed bug when sending a notification that would result in an error 
+was causing the microservice to respond abnormally (see #10)
+- fixed a bug that was causing the service to never respond with the
+invalid parameters status when calling a method with invalid parameters
+
+
 0.0.3
 =====
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 079fdd4..d1dace8 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.0.3'
+version = '0.0.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.0.3'
+release = '0.0.4'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.