diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 2a98146..a4ec9f5 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -306,4 +306,4 @@ Version 0.4.3
 - added correct menucategory for skin setups
 - fixed bug that tokens in image pathes are not replaced correctly
 
-
+Version 0.4.4
diff --git a/skindesigner.c b/skindesigner.c
index 301379d..fdccca5 100644
--- a/skindesigner.c
+++ b/skindesigner.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #endif
 
 
-static const char *VERSION        = "0.4.3";
+static const char *VERSION        = "0.4.4";
 static const char *DESCRIPTION    = trNOOP("Skin Designer");
 
 class cPluginSkinDesigner : public cPlugin, public skindesignerapi::SkindesignerAPI {
diff --git a/views/animation.c b/views/animation.c
index f7cedea..d0ca810 100644
--- a/views/animation.c
+++ b/views/animation.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ cAnimatedImage::cAnimatedImage(eAnimType animType, int animFreq, cRect &pos, int
 }
 
 cAnimatedImage::~cAnimatedImage() {
-    esyslog("skindesigner: killing animation");
 }
 
 void cAnimatedImage::DrawBlink(void) {