diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8b1739f3f3..5a287e5b3f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Version history:
 
 	 Gnucash now requires Gtk+-2.24 and GLib-2.26. We've removed
 	 most of the dependencies on libraries obsoleted by project
-	 Ridley and will in position to move to Gtk+-3.x once the
+	 Ridley and will be in position to move to Gtk+-3.x once the
 	 GtkTreeModel register window work is complete. This means
 	 that Gnucash 2.5 requires Debian 6, RHEL 6, or one of the
 	 more aggressive distributions like Ubuntu.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Version history:
 
 	 When opening a locked "book" one now has the option of
 	 opening it read-only. Note that Gnucash is still a
-	 single-user program and that the databaase backends are still
+	 single-user program and that the database backends are still
 	 used only as a data store.
 
 	 Gnucash is no longer subject to the "2038" bug, so that
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 60c4ed771d..bc69026214 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 # Autoconf initialization
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT([GnuCash], [2.5.0], [gnucash-devel@gnucash.org])
+AC_INIT([GnuCash], [2.5.1], [gnucash-devel@gnucash.org])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/engine/Transaction.h)
 
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index d63285a134..f1e454b511 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ src/app-utils/gnc-component-manager.c
 src/app-utils/gnc-entry-quickfill.c
 src/app-utils/gnc-euro.c
 src/app-utils/gnc-exp-parser.c
+src/app-utils/gnc-gconf-utils.c
 src/app-utils/gnc-gettext-util.c
 src/app-utils/gnc-helpers.c
 src/app-utils/gnc-help-utils.c
 src/app-utils/gncmod-app-utils.c
+src/app-utils/gnc-prefs.c
 src/app-utils/gnc-sx-instance-model.c
 src/app-utils/gnc-ui-balances.c
 src/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c
@@ -119,16 +121,15 @@ src/business/business-ledger/gncEntryLedgerLayout.c
 src/business/business-ledger/gncEntryLedgerLoad.c
 src/business/business-ledger/gncEntryLedgerModel.c
 src/core-utils/binreloc.c
+src/core-utils/gnc-core-prefs.c
 src/core-utils/gnc-features.c
 src/core-utils/gnc-filepath-utils.c
-src/core-utils/gnc-gconf-utils.c
 src/core-utils/gnc-gdate-utils.c
 src/core-utils/gnc-gkeyfile-utils.c
 src/core-utils/gnc-glib-utils.c
 src/core-utils/gnc-guile-utils.c
 src/core-utils/gnc-jalali.c
 src/core-utils/gnc-locale-utils.c
-src/core-utils/gnc-main.c
 src/core-utils/gnc-path.c
 src/core-utils/gnc-uri-utils.c
 src/doc/doxygen_main_page.c