diff --git a/pkgs/servers/tautulli/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/tautulli/default.nix
index 96f8dca234fe..ac29b20a10d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/tautulli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/tautulli/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "Tautulli";
-  version = "2.8.0";
+  version = "2.8.1";
   format = "other";
 
   pythonPath = [ setuptools ];
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     owner = "Tautulli";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0y4ijjr0sxq72gy22i0q810h64m11vbrz6fk44fpcnj5yab6hv8i";
+    sha256 = "sha256-vaH8PdWsWwBE2eW0i1QsjfOZdG5luME12gAY2uykyng=";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/libexec/tautulli
-    cp -R contrib data lib plexpy Tautulli.py $out/libexec/tautulli
+    cp -R contrib data lib plexpy Tautulli.py CHANGELOG.md $out/libexec/tautulli
+
+    echo "master" > $out/libexec/tautulli/branch.txt
+    echo "v${version}" > $out/libexec/tautulli/version.txt
 
     # Can't just symlink to the main script, since it uses __file__ to
     # import bundled packages and manage the service
@@ -26,6 +31,8 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
     # Creat backwards compatibility symlink to bin/plexpy
     ln -s $out/bin/tautulli $out/bin/plexpy
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   checkPhase = ''
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   meta  = with lib; {
     description = "A Python based monitoring and tracking tool for Plex Media Server";
     homepage = "https://tautulli.com/";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ csingley ];
   };