diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2401c53a..c688507e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2005-05-09  Federico Di Gregorio  <fog@debian.org>
 
+	* Release 2.0 beta 1.
+
 	* psycopg/typecast_datetime.c (typecast_PYDATETIME_cast): fixed a
 	typo (pyDateTimeModuleP->pyDateTimeTypeP) that was causing errors
 	with infinite datetime values.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 69086243..8bf7e3a4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.0 beta 1
 * Added error codes to error messages.
 
 * The AsIs adapter is now exported by default (also Decimal objects are
-  adapter using the AsIs adapter (when str() is called on them they
+  adapted using the AsIs adapter (when str() is called on them they
   already format themselves using the right precision and scale.)
 
 * The connect() function now takes "connection_factory" instead of
diff --git a/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c b/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
index 1c3966a4..89d64a45 100644
--- a/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
+++ b/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ psyco_adapters_init(PyObject *mod)
 #ifdef HAVE_PYBOOL
     microprotocols_add(&PyBool_Type, NULL, (PyObject*)&pbooleanType);
 #endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_DECIMAL
+    microprotocols_add((PyTypeObject*)decimalType, NULL, (PyObject*)&asisType);
+#endif
 }
 
 /* psyco_encodings_fill
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6a11c1a6..928d773d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ from distutils.errors import DistutilsFileError
 from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
 from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_inc
 
-PSYCOPG_VERSION = '1.99.13'
+PSYCOPG_VERSION = '2.0b1'
 version_flags   = []
 
 # to work around older distutil limitations