diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d2b825..f3d1a19 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## development version
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- All scripts in the bin directory are now made executable for all users on biowulf (#25).
+- Libraries are now copied to the assets directory (#26).
+
 ## CRUISE v0.1.0
 
 This is the first release of CRUISE 🎉
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c992723..cafa08a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.1-dev
+0.1.1-dev.1
diff --git a/main.nf b/main.nf
index b0ab3cb..0a9ff83 100644
--- a/main.nf
+++ b/main.nf
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ workflow {
 
     ch_count = params.count_table ? file(params.count_table, checkIfExists: true) : null
     if (!ch_count) { // trim reads and run mageck count
-        TRIM_COUNT(raw_reads, file(params.library))
+        TRIM_COUNT(raw_reads, file(params.library, checkIfExists: true))
         ch_count = TRIM_COUNT.out.count
     }
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4f8f1bc..84238d4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools >= 48",
+    "setuptools >= 62.3.0",
     "wheel >= 0.29.0",
 ]
 build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Changelog = "https://github.com/CCBR/CRUISE/blob/main/docs/CHANGELOG.md"
 cruise = "."
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
-"*" = ["CITATION.cff", "LICENSE", "VERSION", "main.nf", "nextflow.config", "assets/*", "bin/*", "conf/*", "modules/*/*", "subworkflows/*/*"]
+"*" = ["CITATION.cff", "LICENSE", "VERSION", "main.nf", "nextflow.config", "assets/**", "assets/**", "bin/**", "conf/**", "modules/**", "subworkflows/**"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {file = "VERSION"}
diff --git a/subworkflows/local/mageck.nf b/subworkflows/local/mageck.nf
index 7022448..9483206 100644
--- a/subworkflows/local/mageck.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/local/mageck.nf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ workflow MAGECK {
         TEST(count, treat, ctrl)
 
         if (params.design_matrix) {
-            MLE(count, file(params.design_matrix))
+            MLE(count, file(params.design_matrix, checkIfExists: true))
             mle_gene = MLE.out.gene
             mle_sgrna = MLE.out.sgrna
         } else {