diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
index 2c587ceb4..7676db962 100644
--- a/build.properties
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-scriptcraft-version=3.1.8
+scriptcraft-version=3.1.9
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index f76a9ff3b..67d81da12 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@
 
 
   <target name="get-canary" depends="init" description="Downloads canarymod jar" unless="canary.present">
+    <mkdir dir="target/lib/"/>
+    <get src="http://scriptcraftjs.org/download/latest/CanaryMod-1.8.0-1.2.1-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar"
+	 maxtime="60"
+	 dest="target/lib/canarymod.jar"
+	 verbose="true"/>
+    <!--
+	wph 20150801 - CanaryMod is no longer being developed. Get the latest version from scriptcraftjs.org instead.
     <get src="https://ci.visualillusionsent.net/job/CanaryMod/lastStableBuild/artifact/*zip*/archive.zip"
 	 maxtime="60"
 	 dest="target/canarymod.zip"
@@ -65,6 +72,7 @@
 	   dest="target/lib">
       <mapper type="glob" from="*.jar" to="canarymod.jar"/>
     </unzip>
+    -->
   </target>
 
   <target name="compile-plugins" depends="init,get-canary" description="compile canary plugin source">
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index f5cf6e7e2..86fe30961 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 RELEASE NOTES
 =============
+3.1.9 Release (2015 08 01)
+--------------------------
+Bug fix: minigames/scoreboard.js module's updatePlayerScore() function did not work with latest version of CanaryMod. 
+Using /scoreboard command instead. See https://github.com/walterhiggins/ScriptCraft/issues/261
+
 3.1.8 Release (2015 06 07)
 --------------------------
 Bug fix: Fixes drone on Spigot 1.8.7 with JDK 7 see 
diff --git a/src/main/js/modules/minigames/scoreboard.js b/src/main/js/modules/minigames/scoreboard.js
index 988718d9e..8d7d524d7 100644
--- a/src/main/js/modules/minigames/scoreboard.js
+++ b/src/main/js/modules/minigames/scoreboard.js
@@ -49,8 +49,13 @@ function addPlayerToTeam( objectiveName, teamName, playerName ){
 }
 
 function updatePlayerScore( objectiveName, playerName, score ){
-  var sc = sb['getScore(String, ScoreObjective)']( playerName, sb.getScoreObjective( objectiveName) );
-  sc.score = score;
+  /*
+   wph 20150801 - this fails with CanaryMod 1.8.2 so use command instead - messy for ops but non-ops won't see messages
+   
+   var sc = sb['getScore(String, ScoreObjective)']( playerName, sb.getScoreObjective( objectiveName) );
+   sc.score = score;
+   */
+  execCommand('scoreboard players set ' + playerName + ' ' + objectiveName + score);
 }
 
 function removeTeamFromScoreboard( teamName ){