diff -Nru opencpn-4.99.1523/debian/changelog opencpn-5.0.0/debian/changelog
--- opencpn-4.99.1523/debian/changelog	2019-03-22 23:44:45.000000000 +0000
+++ opencpn-5.0.0/debian/changelog	2019-03-23 13:53:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-opencpn (4.99.1523-0~xenial1) xenial; urgency=low
+opencpn (5.0.0-0~xenial1) xenial; urgency=low
 
-  * Version 4.99.1523
+  * Version 5.0.0
 
- -- Dave Register <bdbcat@yahoo.com>  Fri, 22 Mar 2019 19:43:22 -0400
+ -- Dave Register <bdbcat@yahoo.com>  Sat, 23 Mar 2019 09:52:44 -0400
 opencpn (4.99.1519-0~cosmic1) cosmic; urgency=low
 
   * Version 4.99.1519
diff -Nru opencpn-4.99.1523/plugins/dashboard_pi/src/instrument.cpp opencpn-5.0.0/plugins/dashboard_pi/src/instrument.cpp
--- opencpn-4.99.1523/plugins/dashboard_pi/src/instrument.cpp	2019-03-22 04:48:13.000000000 +0000
+++ opencpn-5.0.0/plugins/dashboard_pi/src/instrument.cpp	2019-03-23 01:25:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@
     wxColour cl;
     GetGlobalColor( _T("DASHB"), &cl );
     dc.SetBackground( cl );
+#ifdef __WXGTK__
+    dc.SetBrush( cl );
+    dc.SetPen( *wxTRANSPARENT_PEN );
+    dc.DrawRectangle( 0, 0, size.x, size.y );
+#endif
     dc.Clear();
 
     Draw( &dc );
diff -Nru opencpn-4.99.1523/VERSION.cmake opencpn-5.0.0/VERSION.cmake
--- opencpn-4.99.1523/VERSION.cmake	2019-03-22 04:48:13.000000000 +0000
+++ opencpn-5.0.0/VERSION.cmake	2019-03-23 01:25:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SET(VERSION_MAJOR "4")
-SET(VERSION_MINOR "99")
-SET(VERSION_PATCH "1520")
-SET(VERSION_DATE "2019-03-20")
+SET(VERSION_MAJOR "5")
+SET(VERSION_MINOR "0")
+SET(VERSION_PATCH "0")
+SET(VERSION_DATE "2019-03-22")