diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index 448da6ca..4ccb1dc2 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 Getting Started with LuaJ
 
 </h1>
-James Roseborough, Ian Farmer, Version 2.0.3
+James Roseborough, Ian Farmer, Version 3.0-alpha1
 <p>
 <small>
 Copyright &copy; 2009-2012 Luaj.org.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Freely available under the terms of the
 
 <h1>1 - <a name="1">Introduction</a></h1>
 <h2>Goals of Luaj</h2>
-Luaj is a lua interpreter based on the 5.1.x version of lua with the following goals in mind:
+Luaj is a lua interpreter based on the 5.2.x version of lua with the following goals in mind:
 <ul>
 <li>Java-centric implementation of lua vm built to leverage standard Java features.
 <li>Lightweight, high performance execution of lua. 
@@ -58,20 +58,30 @@ Luaj is a lua interpreter based on the 5.1.x version of lua with the following g
 <li>Dependable due to sufficient unit testing of vm and library features. 
 </ul>
 
-<h2>Differences with 1.0</h2>
-In addition to the basic goals of luaj, version 2.0 is aimed 
-at improving on the 1.0 vm in the following aspects. 
+<h2>Luaj version and Lua Versions</h2>
+<h3>Luaj 3.0.x</h3>
+Support for lua 5.2.x features:
+<ul>
+<li>_ENV environments model.
+<li>yield from pcall or metatags.
+<li>Bitwise operator library.
+<li>Better coroutine-related garbage collection. 
+</ul>
+It also includes miscellaneous improvements over luaj 2.0.x:
+<ul>
+<li>Garbage collection of orphaned threads.
+</ul>
+<h3>Luaj 2.0.x</h3>
+Support for luaj 5.1.x features, plus:
 <ul>
 <li>Support for compiling lua source code into Java source code.
 <li>Support for compiling lua bytecode directly into Java bytecode.
-<li>Improved performance of of lua bytecode processing.
 <li>Stackless vm design centered around dynamically typed objects.
-<li>More alignment with C API (see <a href="names.csv">names.csv</a> for details)
-<li>Improved class and package naming conventions. 
-<li>Improved unit tests of core classes. 
-<li>Improved quality due to major redesign and rewrite of core elements. 
-<li>More complete implementation including weak keys and values, and all metatags. 
+<li>Good alignment with C API (see <a href="names.csv">names.csv</a> for details)
+<li>Implementation of weak keys and values, and all metatags. 
 </ul>
+<h3>Luaj 1.0.x</h3>
+Support for most luaj 5.1.x features.
 
 <h2>Performance</h2>
 Good performance is a major goal of luaj.  
@@ -106,7 +116,7 @@ in comparison with the standard C distribution.
 	<td>16.794</td>
 	<td>11.274</td>
 	<td>Java</td>
-	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar;bcel-5.2.jar lua <b>-b</b> fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
+	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar;bcel-5.2.jar lua <b>-b</b> fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 	<td></td>
 	<td></td>
@@ -116,7 +126,7 @@ in comparison with the standard C distribution.
 	<td>16.701</td>
 	<td>13.789</td>
 	<td></td>
-	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar lua <b>-j</b> fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
+	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar lua <b>-j</b> fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 	<td></td>
 	<td></td>
@@ -126,7 +136,7 @@ in comparison with the standard C distribution.
 	<td>36.894</td>
 	<td>15.163</td>
 	<td></td>
-	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar lua -n fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
+	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar lua -n fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 	<td>lua</td>
 	<td>5.1.4</td>
@@ -182,7 +192,7 @@ It is also faster than Java-lua implementations Jill, Kahlua, and Mochalua for a
 From the main distribution directory line type:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar lua examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar lua examples/lua/hello.lua
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -194,7 +204,7 @@ You should see the following output:
 To see how luaj can be used to acccess most Java API's including swing, try:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
 </pre>
 
 <h2>Compile lua source to lua bytecode</h2>
@@ -203,8 +213,8 @@ To see how luaj can be used to acccess most Java API's including swing, try:
 From the main distribution directory line type:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar luac examples/lua/hello.lua
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar lua luac.out
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar luac examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar lua luac.out
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -216,9 +226,9 @@ The compiled output "luac.out" is lua bytecode and should run and produce the sa
 Luaj can compile to lua source code to Java source code:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar lua2java -s examples/lua -d . hello.lua
-	javac -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar hello.java
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar;.&quot; lua -l hello
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar lua2java -s examples/lua -d . hello.lua
+	javac -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar hello.java
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar;.&quot; lua -l hello
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -229,7 +239,7 @@ There are no additional dependencies for compiling or running source-to-source c
 <p>
 Lua scripts can also be run directly in this mode without precompiling using the <em>lua</em> command with the <b><em>-j</em></b> option when run in JDK 1.5 or higher:
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar lua -j examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar lua -j examples/lua/hello.lua
 </pre>
 
 <h2>Compile lua bytecode to java bytecode</h2>
@@ -239,8 +249,8 @@ Luaj can compile lua sources or binaries directly to java bytecode if the bcel l
 
 <pre>
 	ant bcel-lib
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; luajc -s examples/lua -d . hello.lua
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar;.&quot; lua -l hello
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; luajc -s examples/lua -d . hello.lua
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar;.&quot; lua -l hello
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -251,7 +261,7 @@ but the compiled classes must be in the class path at runtime, unless runtime ji
 <p>
 Lua scripts can also be run directly in this mode without precompiling using the <em>lua</em> command with the <b><em>-b</em></b> option and providing the <em>bcel</em> library in the class path:
 <pre>
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; lua -b examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; lua -b examples/lua/hello.lua
 </pre>
 
 
@@ -276,7 +286,7 @@ A simple example may be found in
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar</b> in your class path.
+You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar</b> in your class path.
 
 <h2>Run a script in a MIDlet</h2>
 
@@ -303,7 +313,7 @@ A simple example may be found in
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jme-2.0.3.jar</b> in your midlet jar.
+You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jme-3.0-alpha1.jar</b> in your midlet jar.
 
 <p>
 An ant script to build and run the midlet is in
@@ -331,7 +341,7 @@ The standard use of JSR-223 scripting engines may be used:
 All standard aspects of script engines including compiled statements should be supported.
 
 <p>
-You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar</b> in your class path.
+You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar</b> in your class path.
 
 <p>
 A working example may be found in
@@ -343,7 +353,7 @@ To compile and run it using Java 1.6 or higher:
 
 <pre>
 	javac examples/jse/ScriptEngineSample.java
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar;examples/jse&quot; ScriptEngineSample
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar;examples/jse&quot; ScriptEngineSample
 </pre>
 
 <h2>Excluding the lua bytecode compiler</h2>
@@ -520,7 +530,7 @@ The following lua script will open a swing frame on Java SE:
 See a longer sample in <em>examples/lua/swingapp.lua</em> for details, including a simple animation loop, rendering graphics, mouse and key handling, and image loading. 
 Or try running it using: 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.3.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha1.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -748,7 +758,7 @@ and LuaForge:
 <li>Enhance javadoc, put it <a href="docs/api/index.html">in distribution</a> and <a href="http://luaj.sourceforge.net/api/2.0/index.html">on line</a></li>
 <li>Major refactor of luajava type coercion logic, improve method selection.</li> 
 <li>Add lib/luaj-sources-2.0.2.jar for easier integration into an IDE such as Netbeans </li>
-<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2.0.3</b></td><td><ul>
+<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3.0-alpha1</b></td><td><ul>
 <li>Improve coroutine state logic including let unreferenced coroutines be garbage collected </li>
 <li>Fix lua command vararg values passed into main script to match what is in global arg table </li>
 <li>Add arithmetic metatag processing when left hand side is a number and right hand side has metatable </li>
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index e83376fb..634a0024 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version: 2.0.3
\ No newline at end of file
+version: 3.0-alpha1
\ No newline at end of file