diff --git a/Upgrade.lua b/Upgrade.lua
index 1d4a9e5..8b2a7d3 100755
--- a/Upgrade.lua
+++ b/Upgrade.lua
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ function upgrade.attempt(natives, setNewSurface, gameSurfaces)
         else
             gameSurfs = gameSurfaces
         end
+    end
+    if (global.version < 108) then
+        global.version = 108
 
         for _,player in pairs(game.connected_players) do
             if player and player.valid and not settings.get_player_settings(player)["rampant-suppress-surface-change-warnings"].value then
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ function upgrade.attempt(natives, setNewSurface, gameSurfaces)
         end
 
         if not setNewSurface then
-            game.get_surface(natives.activeSurface).print("Rampant - Version 0.18.7")
+            game.get_surface(natives.activeSurface).print("Rampant - Version 0.18.8")
         end
     end
 
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 9ef34ed..82fcdcd 100755
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Version: 0.18.8
+Date: 3. 4 2020
+  Improvements:
+    - Rampant now has a mechanism to drain pollution around spawners as before they were filling up and stopped absorbing pollution.
+  Bugfixes:
+    - Spawner pollution proxies being counted against enemy force spawner evolution
+
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version: 0.18.7
 Date: 3. 4 2020
diff --git a/control.lua b/control.lua
index ff20a86..855f37c 100755
--- a/control.lua
+++ b/control.lua
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ local function rebuildMap()
 
     map.placeSpawnerProxyQuery = {
         name="spawner-proxy-rampant",
-        position=map.position3
+        position=map.position3,
+        force="neutral"
     }
 
     map.upgradeEntityQuery = {
@@ -1070,7 +1071,6 @@ script.on_nth_tick(INTERVAL_BUILDERS,
                                      game.get_surface(natives.activeSurface))
 end)
 
-
 script.on_nth_tick(INTERVAL_RESQUAD,
                    function ()
                        regroupSquads(natives)
diff --git a/info.json b/info.json
index 7c725ac..324b1ce 100755
--- a/info.json
+++ b/info.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name" : "Rampant",
     "factorio_version" : "0.18",
-    "version" : "0.18.7",
+    "version" : "0.18.8",
     "title" : "Rampant",
     "author" : "Veden",
     "homepage" : "https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=31445",