diff --git a/ietf/release/views.py b/ietf/release/views.py
index bbf2e6aa8..dbafd2363 100644
--- a/ietf/release/views.py
+++ b/ietf/release/views.py
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@ import os
 
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.http import Http404
 
 import changelog
 
 def release(request, version=None):
     entries = {}
-    log_entries = changelog.parse("changelog")
+    if os.path.exists(settings.CHANGELOG_PATH):
+        log_entries = changelog.parse(settings.CHANGELOG_PATH)
+    else:
+        raise Http404()
     next = None
     for entry in log_entries:
         if next:
diff --git a/ietf/settings.py b/ietf/settings.py
index f89f1c70c..0195916dc 100644
--- a/ietf/settings.py
+++ b/ietf/settings.py
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ BIBXML_BASE_PATH = '/a/www/ietf-ftp/xml2rfc'
 
 # Timezone files for iCalendar
 TZDATA_ICS_PATH = '/www/ietf-datatracker/tz/ics/'
+CHANGELOG_PATH = '/www/ietf-datatracker/web/changelog'
 
 # Put SECRET_KEY in here, or any other sensitive or site-specific
 # changes.  DO NOT commit settings_local.py to svn.
diff --git a/ietf/templates/base.html b/ietf/templates/base.html
index c277fef63..0ed8ba14b 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/base.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/base.html
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ IETF.user_groups = {{ user|user_roles_json }};
 </div>
 <div style="width: 100%; text-align: center; padding-top:4px;font-size:69%;">
 {% if version_num %}
-<a href="/release/">Version {{ version_num }}, {{revision_date}}</a>
+<a href="/release/{{version_num}}/">Version {{ version_num }}, {{revision_date}}</a>
 <br/>
 {% endif %}
 <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/newticket">Report a bug</a>