diff --git a/include/global.h b/include/global.h
index db2c9c2f1..cd421345b 100644
--- a/include/global.h
+++ b/include/global.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	global.h	$NHDT-Date: 1557254325 2019/05/07 18:38:45 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.71 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	global.h	$NHDT-Date: 1557510460 2019/05/10 17:47:40 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.72 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Michael Allison, 2006. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-/* #define BETA */  /* development or beta testing [MRS] */
+#define BETA   /* development or beta testing [MRS] */
 
 #ifndef DEBUG  /* allow tool chains to define without causing warnings */
 #define DEBUG
diff --git a/include/patchlevel.h b/include/patchlevel.h
index 1b898a3cd..13c8d4ae3 100644
--- a/include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/include/patchlevel.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	patchlevel.h	$NHDT-Date: 1557254337 2019/05/07 18:38:57 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.126 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	patchlevel.h	$NHDT-Date: 1557510467 2019/05/10 17:47:47 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.127 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Michael Allison, 2012. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /*
  * PATCHLEVEL is updated for each release.
  */
-#define PATCHLEVEL 2
+#define PATCHLEVEL 3
 /*
  * Incrementing EDITLEVEL can be used to force invalidation of old bones
  * and save files.
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 /****************************************************************************/
 /* Version 3.6.x */
 
+/*  Patch 3, <insert date here>
+ *  
+ */
+
 /*  Patch 2, May 7, 2019
  *  
  *  Over 320 bug fixes including a couple of crash bug fixes