diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7b37cc7..b667e86 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for ikarus 0.0.3-rc1.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for ikarus 0.0.3.
 #
 # Report bugs to <aghuloum@cs.indiana.edu>.
 #
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='ikarus'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='ikarus'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='0.0.3-rc1'
-PACKAGE_STRING='ikarus 0.0.3-rc1'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='0.0.3'
+PACKAGE_STRING='ikarus 0.0.3'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='aghuloum@cs.indiana.edu'
 
 ac_unique_file="src/"
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures ikarus 0.0.3-rc1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures ikarus 0.0.3 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of ikarus 0.0.3-rc1:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of ikarus 0.0.3:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-ikarus configure 0.0.3-rc1
+ikarus configure 0.0.3
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61
 
 Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by ikarus $as_me 0.0.3-rc1, which was
+It was created by ikarus $as_me 0.0.3, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2214,7 +2214,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE=ikarus
- VERSION=0.0.3-rc1
+ VERSION=0.0.3
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -9313,7 +9313,7 @@ exec 6>&1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by ikarus $as_me 0.0.3-rc1, which was
+This file was extended by ikarus $as_me 0.0.3, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -9366,7 +9366,7 @@ Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>."
 _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF
 ac_cs_version="\\
-ikarus config.status 0.0.3-rc1
+ikarus config.status 0.0.3
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61,
   with options \\"`echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6282f65..bcc1cf5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(ikarus, 0.0.3-rc1, aghuloum@cs.indiana.edu)
+AC_INIT(ikarus, 0.0.3, aghuloum@cs.indiana.edu)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ikarus, 0.0.3-rc1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ikarus, 0.0.3)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/])
 
 
diff --git a/doc/ikarus-scheme-users-guide.pdf b/doc/ikarus-scheme-users-guide.pdf
index 3b16d38..4dae00d 100644
Binary files a/doc/ikarus-scheme-users-guide.pdf and b/doc/ikarus-scheme-users-guide.pdf differ
diff --git a/scheme/ikarus.boot.prebuilt b/scheme/ikarus.boot.prebuilt
index da06c64..effcfe3 100644
Binary files a/scheme/ikarus.boot.prebuilt and b/scheme/ikarus.boot.prebuilt differ
diff --git a/scheme/ikarus.numerics.ss b/scheme/ikarus.numerics.ss
index 138f236..7e39d6e 100644
--- a/scheme/ikarus.numerics.ss
+++ b/scheme/ikarus.numerics.ss
@@ -1761,9 +1761,12 @@
       (unless (number? n)
         (die 'expt "not a numebr" n))
       (cond
-        [(fixnum? m) 
+        [(fixnum? m)
          (if ($fx>= m 0)
-             (fxexpt n m)
+             (cond
+               [(ratnum? n) 
+                ($make-ratnum (expt ($ratnum-n n) m) (expt ($ratnum-d n) m))]
+               [else (fxexpt n m)])
              (/ 1 (expt n (- m))))]
         [(bignum? m) 
          (cond
diff --git a/scheme/last-revision b/scheme/last-revision
index 8a055dc..9e5e970 100644
--- a/scheme/last-revision
+++ b/scheme/last-revision
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1368
+1370