diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 6291fedb9a..4be6604ddd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.23.0 (2017-10-02)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.23.0-rc2
+
+
 Changes in synapse v0.23.0-rc2 (2017-09-26)
 ===========================================
 
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/synapse.service b/contrib/systemd/synapse.service
index 92d94b9d58..3f037055b9 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd/synapse.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd/synapse.service
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ Description=Synapse Matrix homeserver
 Type=simple
 User=synapse
 Group=synapse
-EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/synapse
 WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/synapse
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/python2.7 -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path=/etc/synapse/homeserver.yaml --log-config=/etc/synapse/log_config.yaml
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python2.7 -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path=/etc/synapse/homeserver.yaml
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/synctl stop /etc/synapse/homeserver.yaml
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index ec83e6adb7..97d6c4094d 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.23.0-rc2"
+__version__ = "0.23.0"