diff --git a/api.lua b/api.lua
index cf82090..96b33c0 100644
--- a/api.lua
+++ b/api.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ local use_cmi = minetest.global_exists("cmi")
 
 mobs = {
 	mod = "redo",
-	version = "20181126",
+	version = "20181204",
 	intllib = S,
 	invis = minetest.global_exists("invisibility") and invisibility or {},
 }
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ local set_velocity = function(self, v)
 	})
 end
 
+-- global version of above function
+function mobs:set_velocity(self, v)
+	set_velocity(self, v)
+end
+
 
 -- calculate mob velocity
 local get_velocity = function(self)
diff --git a/readme.MD b/readme.MD
index 5066d82..68bdc42 100644
--- a/readme.MD
+++ b/readme.MD
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Lucky Blocks: 9
 
 
 Changelog:
+- 1.48- Add mobs:set_velocity(self, velocity) global function
 - 1.47- Mob damage changes, min and max light level for damage added, ignition sources checked for lava damage
 - 1.46- Mobs only drop rare items when killed by player (drops.min = 0 makes them rare), code tweak, pathfinding no longer sees through walkable nodes
 - 1.45- Added Fence Top to add on top of any fence to stop mobs escaping, new line_of_sight tweaked by Astrobe