diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index d3e5ae3..ea647ed 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-ccMiner release 1.7.1 (Dec 2015) "Sibcoin & Whirlpool midstate"
+ccMiner release 1.7.1 (Jan 2015) "Sibcoin & Whirlpool midstate"
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ***************************************************************
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Scrypt-Jane (Chacha)
 Sibcoin (sib)
 Skein (Skein + SHA)
 Woodcoin (Double Skein)
+Vanilla (Blake256 8-rounds - double sha256)
 Vertcoin Lyra2RE
 Ziftrcoin (ZR5)
 
@@ -98,8 +99,10 @@ its command line interface and options.
                           x14         use to mine X14Coin
                           x15         use to mine Halcyon
                           x17         use to mine X17
+                          x17         use to mine X17
+                          vanilla     use to mine Vanilla (Blake256)
                           whirlpool   use to mine Joincoin
-                          whirlpoolx  use to mine Vanilla
+                          whirlpoolx  use to mine Vanilla (Whirlpoolx)
                           zr5         use to mine ZiftrCoin
 
   -d, --devices         gives a comma separated list of CUDA device IDs
@@ -233,10 +236,11 @@ features.
 
 >>> RELEASE HISTORY <<<
 
-  Dec. 31th 2015  v1.7.1
+  Jan. 26th 2015  v1.7.1
                   Implement sib algo (X11 + Russian Streebog-512/GOST)
                   Whirlpool speed x2 with the midstate precompute
                   Small bug fixes about device ids mapping (and vendor names)
+                  Add Vanilla algo (Blake256 8-rounds - double sha256)
 
   Nov. 06th 2015  v1.7
                   Improve old devices compatibility (x11, lyra2v2, quark, qubit...)
diff --git a/algos.h b/algos.h
index 07f7504..0a49ca4 100644
--- a/algos.h
+++ b/algos.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ enum sha_algos {
 	ALGO_X14,
 	ALGO_X15,
 	ALGO_X17,
+	ALGO_VANILLA,
 	ALGO_WHIRLCOIN,
 	ALGO_WHIRLPOOL,
 	ALGO_WHIRLPOOLX,
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ static const char *algo_names[] = {
 	"x14",
 	"x15",
 	"x17",
+	"vanilla",
 	"whirlcoin",
 	"whirlpool",
 	"whirlpoolx",
diff --git a/ccminer.cpp b/ccminer.cpp
index 61f9a30..cf2884c 100644
--- a/ccminer.cpp
+++ b/ccminer.cpp
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ Options:\n\
 			x14         X14\n\
 			x15         X15\n\
 			x17         X17\n\
+			vanilla     Blake256 (VNL)\n\
 			whirlcoin   Old Whirlcoin (Whirlpool algo)\n\
 			whirlpool   Whirlpool algo\n\
 			whirlpoolx  WhirlpoolX (VNL)\n\
@@ -778,6 +779,7 @@ static bool submit_upstream_work(CURL *curl, struct work *work)
 		case ALGO_BLAKE:
 		case ALGO_BLAKECOIN:
 		case ALGO_BMW:
+		case ALGO_VANILLA:
 			// fast algos require that...
 			check_dups = true;
 		default:
@@ -1744,6 +1746,7 @@ static void *miner_thread(void *userdata)
 		if (max64 < minmax) {
 			switch (opt_algo) {
 			case ALGO_BLAKECOIN:
+			case ALGO_VANILLA:
 				minmax = 0x80000000U;
 				break;
 			case ALGO_BLAKE:
@@ -1824,6 +1827,7 @@ static void *miner_thread(void *userdata)
 		switch (opt_algo) {
 
 		case ALGO_BLAKECOIN:
+		case ALGO_VANILLA:
 			rc = scanhash_blake256(thr_id, &work, max_nonce, &hashes_done, 8);
 			break;
 		case ALGO_BLAKE:
diff --git a/util.cpp b/util.cpp
index 9e7c491..db43beb 100644
--- a/util.cpp
+++ b/util.cpp
@@ -1966,6 +1966,9 @@ void print_hash_tests(void)
 	s3hash(&hash[0], &buf[0]);
 	printpfx("S3", hash);
 
+	blake256hash(&hash[0], &buf[0], 8);
+	printpfx("vanilla", hash);
+
 	wcoinhash(&hash[0], &buf[0]);
 	printpfx("whirlpool", hash);