diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dbf4a28..4be6b1d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "curve25519-dalek"
-version = "1.0.0-pre.0"
+version = "1.0.0-pre.1"
 authors = ["Isis Lovecruft <isis@patternsinthevoid.net>",
            "Henry de Valence <hdevalence@hdevalence.ca>"]
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ harness = false
 # match exactly, since the build.rs uses the crate itself as a library.
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = { version = "0.5", default-features = false }
+rand = { version = "0.6.0", default-features = false }
 byteorder = { version = "^1.2.3", default-features = false, features = ["i128"] }
 digest = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
 clear_on_drop = "=0.2.3"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 packed_simd = { version = "0.3.0", features = ["into_bits"], optional = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-rand = { version = "0.5", default-features = false }
+rand = { version = "0.6.0", default-features = false }
 byteorder = { version = "^1.2.3", default-features = false, features = ["i128"] }
 digest = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
 clear_on_drop = "=0.2.3"
diff --git a/src/montgomery.rs b/src/montgomery.rs
index d07e6af..da3c9a5 100644
--- a/src/montgomery.rs
+++ b/src/montgomery.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ impl ConstantTimeEq for MontgomeryPoint {
     }
 }
 
+impl Default for MontgomeryPoint {
+    fn default() -> MontgomeryPoint {
+        MontgomeryPoint([0u8; 32])
+    }
+}
+
 impl PartialEq for MontgomeryPoint {
     fn eq(&self, other: &MontgomeryPoint) -> bool {
         self.ct_eq(other).unwrap_u8() == 1u8