diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 382f9dd..808048d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # MetaMLST #
 A computational pipeline for MLST typing from metagenomic data
 
-MetaMLST performs an *in-silico* Multi Locus Sequence Typing (MLST) Analysis on metagenomic samples. MetaMLST achieves cultivation- and assembly- free strain level tracking and detects all the species to which the standard MLST protocol is applicable.
+MetaMLST performs an *in-silico* Multi Locus Sequence Typing (MLST) Analysis on metagenomic samples, directly from raw reads. MetaMLST achieves cultivation- and assembly- free strain level tracking and profiles all the species to which the standard MLST protocol is applicable.
+
+**Current database version**: [ May 2022 ]
 
 ### What can I use MetaMLST for? ###
 
diff --git a/metaMLST_functions.py b/metaMLST_functions.py
index 105b055..829041a 100644
--- a/metaMLST_functions.py
+++ b/metaMLST_functions.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 	from io import StringIO
 
 __author__ = 'Moreno Zolfo (moreno.zolfo@unitn.it)'
-__version__ = '1.2.2'
-__date__ = '29 December 2020'
+__version__ = '1.2.3'
+__date__ = '27 May 2022'
 
 def byte_to_megabyte(byte):
     """
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ def byte_to_megabyte(byte):
 
 def check_install():
 	import zipfile,os
-	METAMLST_DBPATH=os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))+'/metamlst_databases/metamlstDB_2021.db'
+	METAMLST_DBPATH=os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))+'/metamlst_databases/metamlstDB_2022.db'
 	METAMLST_DBFOLDER=os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))+'/metamlst_databases/'
-	METAMLST_URL='https://zenodo.org/record/4399251/files/metamlstDB_2021.db.zip?download=1'
+	METAMLST_URL='https://zenodo.org/record/6586741/files/metamlstDB_2022.db.zip?download=1'
 
 	if not os.path.isdir(METAMLST_DBFOLDER):
 		os.mkdir(METAMLST_DBFOLDER,mode=0o775)