diff --git a/Documentation/Changelog b/Documentation/Changelog
index 3745556..84fd51e 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changelog
+++ b/Documentation/Changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 
 CHANGELOG
 
+* 2015/02/01:
+
+    - Fixed: balance was resetting back to 0 on stop.
+
 * 2015/01/30:
 
     - Fixed: dynamic menu items (those generated from the Streams.ini file)
diff --git a/Source/GaGa/Assembly/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Source/GaGa/Assembly/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 7099862..bbe28c3 100644
--- a/Source/GaGa/Assembly/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/Source/GaGa/Assembly/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 
 [assembly: AssemblyTitle("GaGa Radio Player")]
 [assembly: AssemblyProduct("GaGa")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("2015.01.30")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("2015.01.30")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("2015.02.01")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("2015.02.01")]
 
diff --git a/Source/GaGa/NotifyIconPlayer/Player.cs b/Source/GaGa/NotifyIconPlayer/Player.cs
index d8a3cd5..3774082 100644
--- a/Source/GaGa/NotifyIconPlayer/Player.cs
+++ b/Source/GaGa/NotifyIconPlayer/Player.cs
@@ -149,13 +149,15 @@ public void Stop()
             // corner case:
             // if we only call .Stop(), the player continues downloading
             // from online streams, but .Close() calls _mediaState.Init()
-            // changing the volume, so save and restore it:
+            // changing the balance/volume, so save and restore them:
+            Double balance = player.Balance;
             Double volume = player.Volume;
 
             player.Stop();
             player.Close();
             player.IsMuted = false;
 
+            player.Balance = balance;
             player.Volume = volume;
 
             bufferingIconTimer.Stop();