diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b78ca2..f6eec97 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ Before any major/minor/patch bump all unit tests will be run to verify they pass
 
 -   [x]
 
+## [2.5.2] - 2025-01-25
+
+### Changed
+
+-   ip kwargs defaults to 'localhost'
+-   bps kwarg defaults to 256000.
+-   factory builder steps now logged at `DEBUG` level.
+-   Internal socket changes, they don't affect interface usage.
+
 ## [2.4.9] - 2023-08-13
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 952e6fe..b3afbde 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ You may pass the following optional keyword arguments:
 -   `ip`: str='localhost', ip or hostname of remote machine
 -   `port`: int=6980, vban udp port of remote machine.
 -   `streamname`: str='Command1', name of the stream to connect to.
+-   `bps`: int=256000, bps rate of the stream.
+-   `channel`: int=0, channel on which to send the UDP requests.
 -   `pdirty`: boolean=False, parameter updates
 -   `ldirty`: boolean=False, level updates
 -   `timeout`: int=5, amount of time (seconds) to wait for an incoming RT data packet (parameter states).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0ce2b6d..67de714 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "vban-cmd"
-version = "2.5.1"
+version = "2.5.2"
 description = "Python interface for the VBAN RT Packet Service (Sendtext)"
 authors = [
     {name = "Onyx and Iris",email = "code@onyxandiris.online"}
diff --git a/vban_cmd/factory.py b/vban_cmd/factory.py
index 45cddbd..b205cbc 100644
--- a/vban_cmd/factory.py
+++ b/vban_cmd/factory.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class FactoryBase(VbanCmd):
             'ip': 'localhost',
             'port': 6980,
             'streamname': 'Command1',
-            'bps': 0,
+            'bps': 256000,
             'channel': 0,
             'ratelimit': 0.01,
             'timeout': 5,