diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb4279f2d..630025a70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+<a name="3.8.0"></a>
+# [3.8.0](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/compare/v3.7.1...v3.8.0) (2018-09-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* missing properties for default matcher [#981](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/issues/981) ([#982](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/issues/982)) ([3ca20d0](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/commit/3ca20d0))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* exposed rotating-file log for json logging ([#948](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/issues/948)) ([5ca0ca5](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/commit/5ca0ca5))
+
+
+
 <a name="3.7.1"></a>
 ## [3.7.1](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/compare/v3.7.0...v3.7.1) (2018-08-28)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b2ebbf91..f550af01e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "verdaccio",
-  "version": "3.7.1",
+  "version": "3.8.0",
   "description": "Private npm repository server",
   "author": {
     "name": "Alex Kocharin",
diff --git a/src/lib/config-utils.js b/src/lib/config-utils.js
index d4c1eac98..cd6ccad35 100644
--- a/src/lib/config-utils.js
+++ b/src/lib/config-utils.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export function normalisePackageAccess(packages: PackageList): PackageList {
   const normalizedPkgs: PackageList = {...packages};
   // add a default rule for all packages to make writing plugins easier
   if (_.isNil(normalizedPkgs['**'])) {
-    normalizedPkgs['**'] = {};
+    normalizedPkgs['**'] = {access: [], publish: []};
   }
 
   for (let pkg in packages) {
diff --git a/test/unit/api/config-utils.spec.js b/test/unit/api/config-utils.spec.js
index f94bb794c..a810e6c52 100644
--- a/test/unit/api/config-utils.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/api/config-utils.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
 import path from 'path';
+import _ from 'lodash';
 import {spliceURL}  from '../../../src/utils/string';
 import {parseConfigFile} from '../../../src/lib/utils';
 import {
@@ -125,12 +126,14 @@ describe('Config Utilities', () => {
       const scoped = access[`${PACKAGE_ACCESS.SCOPE}`];
       expect(scoped).toBeUndefined();
 
-      // ** should be added by default
+      // ** should be added by default **
       const all = access[`${PACKAGE_ACCESS.ALL}`];
       expect(all).toBeDefined();
 
-      expect(all.access).toBeUndefined();
-      expect(all.publish).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(all.access).toBeDefined();
+      expect(_.isArray(all.access)).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(all.publish).toBeDefined();
+      expect(_.isArray(all.publish)).toBeTruthy();
 
     });
   });