diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 64fc713..55c5411 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.6.10:
+ * For those of you who have installed Luminotes Server: Fixed a bug in
+   tools/luminotes_debian_initscript that prevented the "stop" command from
+   working properly.
+
 1.6.9: March 16, 2009
  * Added a remove formatting feature to the tools menu. This allows you to
    strip out all formatting from the currently selected text.
diff --git a/config/Version.py b/config/Version.py
index f378d14..d65d164 100644
--- a/config/Version.py
+++ b/config/Version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-VERSION = u"1.6.9"
+VERSION = u"1.6.10"
 TRIAL = False
diff --git a/tools/luminotes_debian_initscript b/tools/luminotes_debian_initscript
index ae0afcd..9485d81 100755
--- a/tools/luminotes_debian_initscript
+++ b/tools/luminotes_debian_initscript
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ do_stop()
 	#   1 if daemon was already stopped
 	#   2 if daemon could not be stopped
 	#   other if a failure occurred
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME.py
 	RETVAL="$?"
 	[ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
 	# Wait for children to finish too if this is a daemon that forks
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ do_reload() {
 	# restarting (for example, when it is sent a SIGHUP),
 	# then implement that here.
 	#
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME.py
 	return 0
 }