diff --git a/bbb-api-demo/src/main/webapp/demo10.jsp b/bbb-api-demo/src/main/webapp/demo10.jsp
index b868211328c8f7b5a354cb438f1f052f5949cf7f..df7b6b46902f111fe3e02a0798d0064027d822f7 100755
--- a/bbb-api-demo/src/main/webapp/demo10.jsp
+++ b/bbb-api-demo/src/main/webapp/demo10.jsp
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ with BigBlueButton; if not, If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 		//
 		// This is the URL for to join the meeting as moderator
 		//
-		String welcomeMsg = "<br>Welcome to %%CONFNAME%%!<br><br>For help see our <a href=\"event:http://www.bigbluebutton.org/content/videos\"><u>tutorial videos</u></a>.<br><br>To join the voice bridge for this meeting click the headset icon in the upper-left <b>(you can mute yourself in the Listeners window)</b>.<br><br>This meeting is being recorded (webcams + audio + presentation + chat).";
+		String welcomeMsg = "<br>Welcome to %%CONFNAME%%!<br><br>For help see our <a href=\"event:http://www.bigbluebutton.org/content/videos\"><u>tutorial videos</u></a>.<br><br>To join the voice bridge for this meeting click the headset icon in the upper-left <b>(you can mute yourself in the Listeners window)</b>.<br><br>This meeting is being recorded.";
 		String joinURL = getJoinURL(username, meetingID, "true", welcomeMsg, metadata, null);
 		if (joinURL.startsWith("http://")) {
 %>
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-config/bigbluebutton-release b/bigbluebutton-config/bigbluebutton-release
index 6b46d24d1e131ba372624aba90d07f44504007af..42d37d58822ec891afa799bd1bb7b2d1e56d3657 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-config/bigbluebutton-release
+++ b/bigbluebutton-config/bigbluebutton-release
@@ -1 +1 @@
-BIGBLUEBUTTON_RELEASE=0.81-RC
+BIGBLUEBUTTON_RELEASE=0.81-RC2
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-record b/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-record
index dfbbed87ca1f057065d9a1b8aec0f02dc120910b..fbd29a0a0039178dd7f97d1ea6aa5ef56485127d 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-record
+++ b/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-record
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ mark_for_republish() {
 	done
 }
 
-BIGBLUEBUTTON_RELEASE=0.81
-
 need_root() {
         if [ $EUID != 0 ]; then
                 echo "Need to be root to run this option"
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-config/web/index.html b/bigbluebutton-config/web/index.html
index 0ba56d8a77e398b4391b9fec8b4ca3b3c756ea4a..82010fa9d7f4c3a0c3dbc60e76fb4da67362346b 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-config/web/index.html
+++ b/bigbluebutton-config/web/index.html
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 	<p id="legal">
 		<br>BigBlueButton and the BigBlueButton logo are trademarks of BigBlueButton Inc.<br>
 		Copyright © 2013 <a href="http://bigbluebutton.org/" title="BigBlueButton">BigBlueButton Inc.</a>  <br>
-		<a href="http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/ReleaseNotes" title="BigBlueButton Release Notes" target="_blank">version 0.81-RC </a>
+		<a href="http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/ReleaseNotes" title="BigBlueButton Release Notes" target="_blank">version 0.81-RC2</a>
 	</p>
 </div>
 <!-- Footer End -->
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties b/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties
index 0fbe96a15e9407dff162896852e005b6323b2c9a..3ad674d847c5323f9d783c7e706035646ae5db49 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties
+++ b/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ defaultDialAccessNumber=613-555-1234
 # conference. This is only used for the old scheduling which will be
 # removed in the future. Use the API to create a conference.
 defaultWelcomeMessage=<br>Welcome to <b>%%CONFNAME%%</b>!<br><br>For help on using BigBlueButton see these (short) <a href="event:http://www.bigbluebutton.org/content/videos"><u>tutorial videos</u></a>.<br><br>To join the audio bridge click the headset icon (upper-left hand corner).  Use a headset to avoid causing background noise for others.<br>
-defaultWelcomeMessageFooter=This server is running a <a href="https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/081Overview" target="_blank"><u>BigBlueButton 0.81-RC</u></a>.
+defaultWelcomeMessageFooter=This server is running a <a href="https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/081Overview" target="_blank"><u>BigBlueButton 0.81-RC2</u></a>.
 
 # Default maximum number of users a meeting can have.
 # Doesn't get enforced yet but is the default value when the create