diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1097803f1..c3ba6b6d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [0.11.9](https://github.com/nodegit/nodegit/releases/tag/v0.11.9) (2016-03-09)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/nodegit/nodegit/compare/v0.11.8...v0.11.9)
+
+- Fixed crash when calculating diff via `ConvenientPatch` [PR #945](https://github.com/nodegit/nodegit/pull/945)
+
 ## [0.11.8](https://github.com/nodegit/nodegit/releases/tag/v0.11.8) (2016-03-07)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/nodegit/nodegit/compare/v0.11.7...v0.11.8)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96d37f420..d743134d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ NodeGit
   </tbody>
 </table>
 
-**Stable: 0.11.8**
+**Stable: 0.11.9**
 
 ## Have a problem? Come chat with us! ##
 
diff --git a/generate/templates/manual/src/convenient_patch.cc b/generate/templates/manual/src/convenient_patch.cc
index a65649cbd..8638cf0d7 100644
--- a/generate/templates/manual/src/convenient_patch.cc
+++ b/generate/templates/manual/src/convenient_patch.cc
@@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ PatchData *createFromRaw(git_patch *raw) {
 
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < patch->numHunks; ++i) {
     HunkData *hunkData = new HunkData;
-    const git_diff_hunk *hunk;
-    git_patch_get_hunk(&hunk, &hunkData->numLines, raw, i);
+    const git_diff_hunk *hunk = NULL;
+    int result = git_patch_get_hunk(&hunk, &hunkData->numLines, raw, i);
+    if (result != 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
     hunkData->hunk.old_start = hunk->old_start;
     hunkData->hunk.old_lines = hunk->old_lines;
     hunkData->hunk.new_start = hunk->new_start;
@@ -72,17 +76,19 @@ PatchData *createFromRaw(git_patch *raw) {
     bool EOFFlag = false;
     for (unsigned int j = 0; j < hunkData->numLines; ++j) {
       git_diff_line *storeLine = (git_diff_line *)malloc(sizeof(git_diff_line));
-      const git_diff_line *line;
-      git_patch_get_line_in_hunk(&line, raw, i, j);
+      const git_diff_line *line = NULL;
+      int result = git_patch_get_line_in_hunk(&line, raw, i, j);
+      if (result != 0) {
+        continue;
+      }
 
       if (j == 0) {
-        // calculate strlen only once for the first line of the first hunk.
-        int calculatedContentLength = strlen(line->content);
+        int calculatedContentLength = line->content_len;
         if (
           calculatedContentLength > noNewlineStringLength &&
-          !strcmp(
+          !strncmp(
               &line->content[calculatedContentLength - noNewlineStringLength],
-              "\n\\ No newline at end of file\n"
+              "\n\\ No newline at end of file\n", (std::min)(calculatedContentLength, noNewlineStringLength)
         )) {
           EOFFlag = true;
         }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 18868d6ab..03a750a6d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "nodegit",
   "description": "Node.js libgit2 asynchronous native bindings",
-  "version": "0.11.8",
+  "version": "0.11.9",
   "homepage": "http://nodegit.org",
   "keywords": [
     "libgit2",