diff --git a/office/xournal/xournal.SlackBuild b/office/xournal/xournal.SlackBuild
index a74ddd439a..76d7d17b88 100644
--- a/office/xournal/xournal.SlackBuild
+++ b/office/xournal/xournal.SlackBuild
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for xournal
 # Written by Michael Filz <the_emmel@gmx.net>
+# Updated by Rob van Nues <sborg63@disroot.org>
 
 PRGNAM=xournal
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.4.7}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.4.8}
+REL=${REL:-2016}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -41,8 +43,8 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
-cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.$REL.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION.$REL
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
diff --git a/office/xournal/xournal.info b/office/xournal/xournal.info
index eac8134ee0..e9002dcc7a 100644
--- a/office/xournal/xournal.info
+++ b/office/xournal/xournal.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="xournal"
-VERSION="0.4.7"
-HOMEPAGE="http://xournal.sourceforge.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xournal/xournal-0.4.7.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="ad3e8e6c3a8c707e777806bca05c0cd1"
+VERSION="0.4.8"
+HOMEPAGE="https://xournal.sourceforge.net/"
+DOWNLOAD="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/xournal/xournal-0.4.8.2016.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="a594f475d9b93fbca0aac43d47c2de22"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="libgnomecanvas"
-MAINTAINER="Michael Filz"
-EMAIL="the_emmel@gmx.net"
+MAINTAINER="Rob van Nues"
+EMAIL="sborg63@disroot.org"