diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 032e528f..a7237d18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ rois.geojson
 
 # ignore the certifications.json file, since that's empty in the repo but users will need to modify it
 certifications.json
+./certifications.json
+certifications.json
 
 # ignore the downloaded tide_model
 /*tide_model*/*
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ certifications.json
 # But don't ignore these specific files
 !download_tide_model.py
 !Download_tide_model.ipynb
-!certifications.json
+# !certifications.json
 !src/coastseg/tide_model/tide_regions_map.geojson
 
 myscripts/*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 112469ed..8a6c5ea0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CoastSeg
 
-[![image](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/2320sharon/CoastSeg/blob/main/coastseg_for_google_colab.ipynb)
+<!--  [![image](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/2320sharon/CoastSeg/blob/main/coastseg_for_google_colab.ipynb) -->
 
 [![image](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/coastseg.svg?color=%23ec3dc8)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/coastseg)
 </br>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ After you install miniconda/Anaconda on your PC, open the Anaconda prompt or Ter
 
 - To update coastseg to a specific version specify the version after the `==`
 
-`pip install coastseg==0.0.72.dev6`
+`pip install coastseg==1.1.26`
 
 ### Update to the latest version