diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 85acc821..e6d0870c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT(rtorrent, 0.7.9, jaris@ifi.uio.no)
+AC_INIT(rtorrent, 0.8.0, jaris@ifi.uio.no)
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ TORRENT_WITHOUT_NCURSESW()
 TORRENT_WITHOUT_STATVFS()
 TORRENT_WITHOUT_STATFS()
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(STUFF, sigc++-2.0 libcurl >= 7.12.0 libtorrent >= 0.11.8,
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(STUFF, sigc++-2.0 libcurl >= 7.12.0 libtorrent >= 0.12.0,
 	          CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $STUFF_CFLAGS";
 		  LIBS="$LIBS $STUFF_LIBS")
 
diff --git a/src/ui/element_peer_list.cc b/src/ui/element_peer_list.cc
index 14c5d036..681d83ee 100644
--- a/src/ui/element_peer_list.cc
+++ b/src/ui/element_peer_list.cc
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ ElementPeerList::receive_disconnect_peer() {
   if (m_listItr == m_list.end())
     return;
 
-  m_download->download()->disconnect_peer(*m_listItr);
+  m_download->connection_list()->erase(*m_listItr, 0);
 }
 
 void