diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 74659ad..7ccdfa1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ PRINSEQ++ is a C++ implementation of the prinseq-lite.pl program. It can be used
 4. pthread
 
 ## Download
-If you are just interested in compiling and using PRINSEQ++, download the latest [version](https://github.com/Adrian-Cantu/PRINSEQ-plus-plus/releases/download/v1.2-devel/prinseq-plus-plus-1.2-devel.tar.gz).
-You can also download the [binary](https://github.com/Adrian-Cantu/PRINSEQ-plus-plus/releases/download/v1.2-devel/binary_prinseq-plus-plus-1.2-devel.tar.gz). 
+If you are just interested in compiling and using PRINSEQ++, download the latest [version](https://github.com/Adrian-Cantu/PRINSEQ-plus-plus/releases/download/v1.2/prinseq-plus-plus-1.2.tar.gz).
+You can also download the [binary](https://github.com/Adrian-Cantu/PRINSEQ-plus-plus/releases/download/v1.2/binary_prinseq-plus-plus-1.2.tar.gz). 
 If you want to edit the source code, clone this repository.
 
 ## To install
-1. tar -xvf prinseq-plus-plus-1.2-devel.tar.gz
-2. cd prinseq-plus-plus-1.2-devel
+1. tar -xvf prinseq-plus-plus-1.2.tar.gz
+2. cd prinseq-plus-plus-1.2
 3. ./configure
 4. make
 5. make test
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 0dec561..2153e3a 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+1.2
+- Added -trim_left, -trim_right to trim reads unconditionally
+- Added the -phred64 option for old files
+- Added -out_good  , -out_single , -out_bad, -out_good2 , -out_single2, -out_bad2
+    in case you want to manually name output files. unused options default to the default
+    filename. You can even send two output streams to the same file.
+- fixed a bug were -noiupac was filtering RNA sequences. (those containing 'U')
+    
 1.1
 Added verbose options and an options to read fasta files. Speed up run time 
 by only performing filters on good reads.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f8089ae..ee6c39c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([PRINSEQ++], [1.2-devel], [garbanyo@gmail.com] ,[prinseq-plus-plus], [https://github.com/Adrian-Cantu/PRINSEQ-plus-plus])
+AC_INIT([PRINSEQ++], [1.2], [garbanyo@gmail.com] ,[prinseq-plus-plus], [https://github.com/Adrian-Cantu/PRINSEQ-plus-plus])
 ##AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cpp])
 AC_LANG([C++])