diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 791ddd5..855d768 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 1.6.8: ?
- * 
+ * Fixed a compatibility problem with newer versions of SQLite. (Luminotes
+   was using a reserved keyword as an identifier.) This only affected those
+   people who installed Luminotes Server themselves.
 
 1.6.7: February 23, 2009
  * When you export your notebook as an HTML or CSV file, the saved filename is
diff --git a/controller/Schema_upgrader.py b/controller/Schema_upgrader.py
index fce39de..4bf4f8e 100644
--- a/controller/Schema_upgrader.py
+++ b/controller/Schema_upgrader.py
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ class Schema_upgrader:
       database.rollback()
       schema_version = default_version or ( 1, 5, 4 )
 
-      database.execute( "create table schema_version ( major numeric, minor numeric, release numeric );", commit = False );
+      # "release" is a reserved keyword in newer versions of sqlite, so put it in quotes
+      database.execute( "create table schema_version ( major numeric, minor numeric, \"release\" numeric );", commit = False );
       database.execute( "insert into schema_version values ( %s, %s, %s );" % schema_version, commit = False );
 
     return schema_version
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ class Schema_upgrader:
     # http://oss.itsystementwicklung.de/download/pysqlite/doc/sqlite3.html#sqlite3-controlling-transactions
 
     self.__database.execute_script( self.__read_file( filename ), commit = False )
-    self.__database.execute( "update schema_version set major = %s, minor = %s, release = %s;" % version, commit = False );
+    self.__database.execute( "update schema_version set major = %s, minor = %s, \"release\" = %s;" % version, commit = False );
     self.__database.commit()
 
   @staticmethod
diff --git a/controller/test/Test_schema_upgrader.py b/controller/test/Test_schema_upgrader.py
index 59e5037..a73d7ce 100644
--- a/controller/test/Test_schema_upgrader.py
+++ b/controller/test/Test_schema_upgrader.py
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ class Test_schema_upgrader( object ):
     assert result == [ ( 5, 7, 11 ) ];
 
   def test_upgrade_schema_with_schema_version_table( self ):
-    self.database.execute( u"create table schema_version ( major numeric, minor numeric, release numeric );" );
+    self.database.execute( u"create table schema_version ( major numeric, minor numeric, \"release\" numeric );" );
     self.database.execute( u"insert into schema_version values ( 0, 0, 0 );" )
     self.test_upgrade_schema();
 
   def test_upgrade_schema_with_schema_version_table_and_specific_starting_version( self ):
-    self.database.execute( u"create table schema_version ( major numeric, minor numeric, release numeric );" );
+    self.database.execute( u"create table schema_version ( major numeric, minor numeric, \"release\" numeric );" );
     self.database.execute( u"insert into schema_version values ( 5, 6, 6 );" )
 
     self.fake_files[ u"model/delta/5.6.1.sqlite" ] = u"this is not valid sql and should not be executed anyway;";
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class Test_schema_upgrader( object ):
     assert result == [ ( 1, 5, 6 ) ];
 
   def test_apply_schema_delta( self ):
-    self.database.execute( u"create table schema_version ( major numeric, minor numeric, release numeric );" );
+    self.database.execute( u"create table schema_version ( major numeric, minor numeric, \"release\" numeric );" );
     self.database.execute( u"insert into schema_version values ( 0, 0, 0 );" )
 
     self.fake_files = {