diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c35f7e..08e0715 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
 ## master
 
+## 1.0.4, 9./10/23
+
+* change default buildtype to debugoptimized [jcupitt]
+* fix readthedocs integration [jcupitt]
+
 ## 1.0.3, 7/10/23
 
-- improve handling of OV and OL [jcupitt]
-- better frame data print [jcupitt]
-- improve ExtendedOffsetTable handling [jcupitt]
+* improve handling of OV and OL [jcupitt]
+* better frame data print [jcupitt]
+* improve ExtendedOffsetTable handling [jcupitt]
 
 ## 1.0.2, 5/10/23
 
-- fix a crash and some error pileups [bgilbert]
-- fix some retun values [bgilbert]
+* fix a crash and some error pileups [bgilbert]
+* fix some return values [bgilbert]
 
 ## 1.0.1, 3/10/23
 
-- fix MSVC compiler warnings [jcupitt]
-- only use `__attribute__((constructor))` if supported [bgilbert]
+* fix MSVC compiler warnings [jcupitt]
+* only use `__attribute__((constructor))` if supported [bgilbert]
 
 ## 1.0.0, 2/10/23
 
-- first release!
+* first release!
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 895789c..04ddb17 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ project(
     # turn off asserts etc. in release mode
     'b_ndebug=if-release',
     'warning_level=2',
+    # do a release (optimised) build by default
+    'buildtype=debugoptimized',
   ],
   license : 'MIT',
   meson_version : '>=0.50',
-  version : '1.0.3'
+  version : '1.0.4'
 )
 if not meson.is_subproject()
   meson.add_dist_script(