diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index e377bfbc..46953b98 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 All changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [8.0.7] - 2020-02-12
+
+(build) remove the unused subtree which was causing some way of installing to break
+
 ## [8.0.6] - 2020-01-31
 
 (snake) add an option to disable answering pongs as response to pings, to test cobra client behavior with hanged connections 
diff --git a/docs/build.md b/docs/build.md
index f8b6f5c5..cb35ecc5 100644
--- a/docs/build.md
+++ b/docs/build.md
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ Options for building:
 
 If you are on Windows, look at the [appveyor](https://github.com/machinezone/IXWebSocket/blob/master/appveyor.yml) file that has instructions for building dependencies.
 
+It is also possible to externally include the project, so that everything is fetched over the wire when you build like so:
+
+```
+    ExternalProject_Add(
+        IXWebSocket
+        GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/machinezone/IXWebSocket.git
+        ...
+    )
+```
+
 ### vcpkg
 
 It is possible to get IXWebSocket through Microsoft [vcpkg](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg).
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index ec9dce47..594fbc7a 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "8.0.5"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "8.0.7"