diff --git a/nodebalancer/cmd/nodebalancer/server.go b/nodebalancer/cmd/nodebalancer/server.go
index 6d083f61..37ba4103 100644
--- a/nodebalancer/cmd/nodebalancer/server.go
+++ b/nodebalancer/cmd/nodebalancer/server.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
 	"net/url"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
diff --git a/nodebalancer/cmd/nodebalancer/version.go b/nodebalancer/cmd/nodebalancer/version.go
index 41799620..00e75a5c 100644
--- a/nodebalancer/cmd/nodebalancer/version.go
+++ b/nodebalancer/cmd/nodebalancer/version.go
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 package main
 
-var NB_VERSION = "0.2.8"
+var NB_VERSION = "0.2.9"