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 ![](docs/image/MINT-logo.jpg)
@@ -16,7 +14,13 @@ or for the identification of pathogens such as methicillin resistant _Staphyloco
 More information on how to install and run the program can be found in the [Documentation](https://LewisResearchGroup.github.io/ms-mint-app/) or check out the 
 [Tutorial](https:///LewisResearchGroup.github.io/ms-mint-app/quickstart/) to jump right into it.
 
-## News
+## Release notes
+
+### 0.2.1
+- uses ms-mint 0.2.1 with new implementation of `peak_area_top3`
+- new quality control tab
+
+### 0.1.9
 MINT has been split into the Python library and the app. This repository contains the Python library. The underlying Python library `ms-mint` can be found [here](https://github.com/LewisResearchGroup/ms-mint).
 
 ## Screenshot
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     python3 -m twine upload --repository ms-mint dist/ms*mint-*
 
 ## Windows executables
-    pyinstaller --onedir --noconfirm specfiles\Mint__onedir__.spec --additional-hooks-dir=hooks
-
+    cd specfiles && pyinstaller --noconfirm Mint.spec ..\scripts\Mint.py
+    
 ## Documentation deployment
 
     mkdocs build && mkdocs gh-deploy
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ Then start MINT with `--serve-path='\mint\'`.
 To run tests and code optimization you need the
 following packages:
 
-    conda install flake8 pytest mkdocs
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+    conda install flake8 pytest mkdocs