diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+[![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/bcgsc/abyss.svg)](https://github.com/bcgsc/abyss/releases)
+[![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/bcgsc/abyss/total?logo=github)](https://github.com/bcgsc/abyss/releases/download/2.2.3/abyss-2.2.3.tar.gz)
+[![Conda](https://img.shields.io/conda/dn/bioconda/abyss?label=Conda)](https://anaconda.org/bioconda/abyss)
+[![Issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/bcgsc/abyss.svg)](https://github.com/bcgsc/abyss/issues)
+
 ABySS
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