diff --git a/Shorewall/lib.cli b/Shorewall/lib.cli
index f585872c0..6076f8920 100644
--- a/Shorewall/lib.cli
+++ b/Shorewall/lib.cli
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ syslog_circular_buffer() {
 packet_log() # $1 = number of messages
 {
     if [ -n "$g_showmacs" -o $VERBOSE -gt 2 ]; then
-	$LOGREAD | grep 'IN=.* OUT=.*SRC=.*\..*DST=' | head -n$1 | tac | sed 's/ kernel://; s/\[.*\] //' | sed s/" $host $LOGFORMAT"/" "/
+	$g_logread | grep 'IN=.* OUT=.*SRC=.*\..*DST=' | head -n$1 | tac | sed 's/ kernel://; s/\[.*\] //' | sed s/" $host $LOGFORMAT"/" "/
     else
-	$LOGREAD | grep 'IN=.* OUT=.*SRC=.*\..*DST=' |  head -n$1 | tac | sed 's/ kernel://; s/MAC=.* SRC=/SRC=/; s/\[.*\] '// | sed s/" $host $LOGFORMAT"/" "/
+	$g_logread | grep 'IN=.* OUT=.*SRC=.*\..*DST=' |  head -n$1 | tac | sed 's/ kernel://; s/MAC=.* SRC=/SRC=/; s/\[.*\] '// | sed s/" $host $LOGFORMAT"/" "/
     fi
 }
 
@@ -1287,10 +1287,10 @@ hits_command() {
 
     timeout=30
 
-    if $LOGREAD | grep -q "${today}IN=.* OUT=" ; then
+    if $g_logread | grep -q "${today}IN=.* OUT=" ; then
 	echo "   HITS IP	        DATE"
 	echo "   ---- --------------- ------"
-	$LOGREAD | grep "${today}IN=.* OUT=" | sed 's/\(.\{6\}\)\(.*SRC=\)\(.*\)\( DST=.*\)/\3	\1/' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | while read count address month day; do
+	$g_logread | grep "${today}IN=.* OUT=" | sed 's/\(.\{6\}\)\(.*SRC=\)\(.*\)\( DST=.*\)/\3	\1/' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | while read count address month day; do
 	    printf '%7d %-15s %3s %2d\n' $count $address $month $day
 	done
 
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ hits_command() {
 
 	echo "   HITS IP	        PORT"
 	echo "   ---- --------------- -----"
-	$LOGREAD | grep  "${today}IN=.* OUT=" | sed 's/\(.*SRC=\)\(.*\)\( DST=.*DPT=\)\([0-9]\{1,5\}\)\(.*\)/\2	\4/
+	$g_logread | grep  "${today}IN=.* OUT=" | sed 's/\(.*SRC=\)\(.*\)\( DST=.*DPT=\)\([0-9]\{1,5\}\)\(.*\)/\2	\4/
 						t
 						s/\(.*SRC=\)\(.*\)\( DST=.*\)/\2/' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | while read count address port; do
 	    printf '%7d %-15s %d\n' $count $address $port
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ hits_command() {
 
 	echo "   HITS DATE"
 	echo "   ---- ------"
-	$LOGREAD | grep  "${today}IN=.* OUT=" | sed 's/\(.\{6\}\)\(.*\)/\1/' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | while read count month day; do
+	$g_logread | grep  "${today}IN=.* OUT=" | sed 's/\(.\{6\}\)\(.*\)/\1/' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | while read count month day; do
 	    printf '%7d %3s %2d\n' $count $month $day
 	done
 
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ hits_command() {
 
 	echo "   HITS  PORT SERVICE(S)"
 	echo "   ---- ----- ----------"
-	$LOGREAD | grep "${today}IN=.* OUT=.*DPT" | sed 's/\(.*DPT=\)\([0-9]\{1,5\}\)\(.*\)/\2/' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | while read count port ; do
+	$g_logread | grep "${today}IN=.* OUT=.*DPT" | sed 's/\(.*DPT=\)\([0-9]\{1,5\}\)\(.*\)/\2/' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | while read count port ; do
 	    # List all services defined for the given port
 	    srv=$(grep "^[^#].*\\b$port/" /etc/services | cut -f 1 | cut -f 1 -d' ' | sort -u)
 	    srv=$(echo $srv | sed 's/ /,/g')
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index 064a98667..639860daa 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-Shorewall 4.4.8
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                     S H O R E W A L L  4 . 4 . 8
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+I.    RELEASE 4.4 HIGHLIGHTS
+II.   MIGRATION ISSUES
+III.  PROBLEMS CORRECTED IN THIS RELEASE
+IV.   KNOWN PROBLEMS REMAINING
+V.    NEW FEATURES IN THIS RELEASE
+VI.   PROBLEMS CORRECTED AND NEW FEATURES IN PRIOR RELEASES 
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-               R E L E A S E  4 . 4  H I G H L I G H T S
+             I.  R E L E A S E  4 . 4  H I G H L I G H T S
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 1)  Support for Shorewall-shell has been discontinued. Shorewall-perl
@@ -59,7 +68,7 @@ Shorewall 4.4.8
 15) TPROXY support has been added.
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-                    M I G R A T I O N   I S S U E S
+                  I I.  M I G R A T I O N   I S S U E S
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1)  If you are currently using Shorewall-shell:
 
@@ -184,7 +193,7 @@ Shorewall 4.4.8
     one from the release (not recommended).
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-        P R O B L E M S   C O R R E C T E D   I N   4 . 4 . 8
+I I I.  P R O B L E M S   C O R R E C T E D   I N   T H I S  R E L E A S E
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 1)  A CONTINUE rule specifying a log level would cause the compiler to 
@@ -235,17 +244,21 @@ Shorewall 4.4.8
     returns a failure status (1) when the command fails.
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-             K N O W N   P R O B L E M S   R E M A I N I N G
+           I V. K N O W N   P R O B L E M S   R E M A I N I N G
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 None.
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-                N E W   F E A T U R E S   I N   4 . 4 . 8
+         V.  N E W   F E A T U R E S   I N   T H I S  R E L E A S E
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 None.
 
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+V I.  P R O B L E M S  C O R R E C T E D  A N D  N E W   F E A T U R E S
+      I N   P R I O R  R E L E A S E S
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         P R O B L E M S   C O R R E C T E D   I N   4 . 4 . 7
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Shorewall/shorewall b/Shorewall/shorewall
index 325b472f4..0de0b2410 100755
--- a/Shorewall/shorewall
+++ b/Shorewall/shorewall
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ get_config() {
 	    [ -z "$LOGFILE" ] && LOGFILE=/var/log/messages
 
 	    if [ -n "$(syslog_circular_buffer)" ]; then
-		LOGREAD="logread | tac"
+		g_logread="logread | tac"
 	    elif [ -r $LOGFILE ]; then
-		LOGREAD="tac $LOGFILE"
+		g_logread="tac $LOGFILE"
 	    else
 		echo "LOGFILE ($LOGFILE) does not exist!" >&2
 		exit 2