diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2bee340d..eb3a8921 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 MAKEFLAGS += --warn-undefined-variables
 MAKEFLAGS += --no-builtin-rules
 
-PROJECT = tildefriends
+VERSION_CODE := 8
 VERSION_NUMBER := 0.0.8
 VERSION_NAME := The secret ingredient is love.
+
+PROJECT = tildefriends
 BUILD_DIR ?= out
 BUILD_TYPES := debug release windebug winrelease androiddebug androidrelease androiddebug-x86_64 androidrelease-x86_64
 UNAME_M := $(shell uname -m)
@@ -438,6 +440,14 @@ src/version.h : $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 	@echo [version] $@
 	@echo "#define VERSION_NUMBER \"$(VERSION_NUMBER)\"\n#define VERSION_NAME \"$(VERSION_NAME)\"\n" > $@
 
+src/android/AndroidManifest.xml : $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))
+	@echo [android_version] $@
+	@sed -i \
+		-e 's/versionCode=".*"/versionCode="$(VERSION_CODE)"/' \
+		-e 's/versionName=".*"/versionName="$(VERSION_NUMBER)"/' \
+		-e 's/android:minSdkVersion=".*"/android:minSdkVersion="$(ANDROID_MIN_SDK_VERSION)"/' \
+		$@
+
 # Android support.
 out/res/layout_activity_main.xml.flat: src/android/res/layout/activity_main.xml
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
diff --git a/src/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index f5c1b4f2..029683f3 100644
--- a/src/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 	package="com.unprompted.tildefriends"
-	versionCode="1"
-	versionName="0.0.4">
-	<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="16"/>
+	versionCode="8"
+	versionName="0.0.8">
+	<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="26"/>
 	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
 	<application android:label="Tilde Friends" android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" android:debuggable="true">
 		<meta-data android:name="android.max_aspect" android:value="2.1"/>
diff --git a/src/android/com/unprompted/tildefriends/MainActivity.java b/src/android/com/unprompted/tildefriends/MainActivity.java
index 81bf5b50..a1f5232b 100644
--- a/src/android/com/unprompted/tildefriends/MainActivity.java
+++ b/src/android/com/unprompted/tildefriends/MainActivity.java
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 		String port_file_path = getFilesDir().toString() + "/port.txt";
 		base_url = "http://127.0.0.1:12345/";
 
+		MainActivity activity = this;
+
 		new Thread(new Runnable() {
 			@Override
 			public void run() {
@@ -98,7 +100,9 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 							if (event.context().toString().equals("port.txt")) {
 								Log.w("tildefriends", "Observed file write: " + event.context().toString());
 								base_url = "http://127.0.0.1:" + String.valueOf(read_port(port_file_path)) + "/";
-								web_view.loadUrl(base_url);
+								activity.runOnUiThread(() -> {
+									web_view.loadUrl(base_url);
+								});
 								watcher.close();
 								break;
 							}