diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4baf99d..a11d457 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## v2.6.0-beta1 / 2014 Feb 23
+## v2.6.0-beta2 / 2014 Feb 26
 
 > Welcoming feedback on any issues, etc.!
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 24f2a3d..e953d5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ```clojure
 [com.taoensso/nippy "2.5.2"] ; Stable
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0-beta1"] ; For early adopters
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0-beta2"] ; For early adopters
 ```
 
 v2.6 will be a backwards-compatible release with: improved performance (incl. frozen data size), a new low-level DataInput/DataOuput API, improved support for headerless freezing, and 1-to-1 binary-value representation guarantees. See the [Changelog](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) for details.
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ There's two default forms of encryption on offer: `:salted` and `:cached`. Each
 
 ## Contact & contributing
 
+`lein start-dev` to get a (headless) development repl that you can connect to with [Cider][] (emacs) or your IDE.
+
 Please use the project's GitHub [issues page][] for project questions/comments/suggestions/whatever **(pull requests welcome!)**. Am very open to ideas if you have any!
 
 Otherwise reach me (Peter Taoussanis) at [taoensso.com][] or on [Twitter][]. Cheers!
@@ -176,5 +178,6 @@ Copyright © 2012-2014 Peter Taoussanis. Distributed under the [Eclipse Publ
 [ClojureWerkz]: <http://clojurewerkz.org/>
 [issues page]: <https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/issues>
 [commit history]: <https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/commits/master>
+[Cider]: <https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider>
 [taoensso.com]: <https://www.taoensso.com>
 [Eclipse Public License]: <https://raw2.github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/master/LICENSE>
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 850ad69..cb21e63 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0-beta1"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0-beta2"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Clojure serialization library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"
@@ -12,22 +12,25 @@
   :dependencies
   [[org.clojure/clojure      "1.4.0"]
    [org.clojure/tools.reader "0.8.3"]
+   [com.taoensso/encore      "0.9.2"]
    [org.iq80.snappy/snappy   "0.3"]
-   [org.tukaani/xz           "1.4"]
-   [com.taoensso/encore      "0.8.0"]]
+   [org.tukaani/xz           "1.4"]]
 
   :test-paths ["test" "src"]
   :profiles
-  {:build {:hooks ^:replace []} ; Workaround to avoid :dev hooks during deploy
+  {;; :default [:base :system :user :provided :dev]
    :1.5  {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.5.1"]]}
    :1.6  {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.6.0-beta1"]]}
    :test {:jvm-opts     ["-Xms1024m" "-Xmx2048m"]
           :dependencies [[expectations                  "1.4.56"]
                          [reiddraper/simple-check       "0.5.6"]
-                         [org.xerial.snappy/snappy-java "1.1.1-M1"]
-                         [org.clojure/data.fressian     "0.2.0"]]
+                         [org.clojure/data.fressian     "0.2.0"]
+                         [org.xerial.snappy/snappy-java "1.1.1-M1"]]
           :plugins [[lein-expectations "0.0.8"]
                     [lein-autoexpect   "1.2.2"]]}
+   :dev* [:dev {:jvm-opts ^:replace ["-server"]
+                ;; :hooks [cljx.hooks leiningen.cljsbuild] ; cljx
+                }]
    :dev
    [:1.6 :test
     {:jvm-opts ^:replace ["-server" "-Xms1024m" "-Xmx2048m"]
@@ -38,13 +41,15 @@
   :plugins [[lein-ancient "0.5.4"]
             [codox        "0.6.7"]]
 
-  ;; :codox {:sources ["target/classes"]} ; For use with cljx
+  ;; :codox {:sources ["target/classes"]} ; cljx
   :aliases
-  {"test-all"   ["with-profile" "+test:+1.5,+test:+1.6,+test" "expectations"]
+  {"test-all"   ["with-profile" "default:+1.5:+1.6" "expectations"]
+   ;; "test-all"   ["with-profile" "default:+1.6" "expectations"]
    "test-auto"  ["with-profile" "+test" "autoexpect"]
-   "start-dev"  ["with-profile" "+dev" "repl" ":headless"]
-   "codox"      ["with-profile" "+test" "doc"]
-   "deploy-lib" ["with-profile" "+dev,+build" "do" "deploy" "clojars," "install"]}
+   ;; "build-once" ["do" "cljx" "once," "cljsbuild" "once"] ; cljx
+   ;; "deploy-lib" ["do" "build-once," "deploy" "clojars," "install"] ; cljx
+   "deploy-lib" ["do" "deploy" "clojars," "install"]
+   "start-dev"  ["with-profile" "+dev*" "repl" ":headless"]}
 
   :repositories
   {"sonatype"