diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d571e45..a751d72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
+# v1.2.0
+## Features
+- Added an option to skip characterization/comparative analysis steps
+- Enhanced the Docker shell script (asap-docker.sh) (more options, use user:group file ownerships)
+- Replaced RDP 16S db by SILVA
+- Added classification of all detected and valid 16S sequences in taxonomic classification
+- Added a 'debug' option for better on-site/remote debugging
+
+## Enhancements
+- Updated PubMLST to 2019-10-02
+- Updated CARD db to 3.0.5 and RGI to 5.1.0
+- Updated VFDB to 2019-10-02
+- Discarded unnecessary dependencies from Docker image
+- Applied several bugfixes and minor improvements to report pages
+
 # v1.1.3
 ## Enhancements
 - Added a dynamic max cpu/core threshold for 3rd party executables (#2)
 - Fixed data table localization
 - Fixed scaffold table download file names
 - Removed unnecessary dependencies
-- updated source code library versions
+- Updated source code library versions
 
 # v1.1.2
 ## Enhancements
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb8a696..ab8a56b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ analysed as a single project, we distribute ASA³P in two versions:
 
 For both the following files are necessary:
 - ASA³P tarball (asap.tar.gz) containing binaries, 3rd party executables and databases:
-https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/asap.tar.gz
+https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/asap.tar.gz (md5 sum: 2953627f543667d19166e77c86573e81)
 - configuration template: https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/config.xls
 
 Note:
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ Additional files:
 - comprehensive manual: https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/manual.pdf
 - configuration example: https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/config-example.xls
 - example projects:
-   - 4 public *L. monocytogenes* genomes: https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/example-lmonocytogenes-4.tar.gz
-   - 32 public *L. monocytogenes* genomes: https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/example-lmonocytogenes-32.tar.gz
-   - 8 *E. coli* project merely showing support of different input types: https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/example-ecoli-input.tar.gz
+   - 4 public *L. monocytogenes* genomes: https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/example-lmonocytogenes-4.tar.gz (md5sum: 3da5858e62a3c8a836dfa91e58a9983e)
+   - 32 public *L. monocytogenes* genomes: https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/example-lmonocytogenes-32.tar.gz (md5sum: 4e64aa96f24dff518dead76f150a936c)
+   - 8 *E. coli* project merely showing support of different input types: https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/example-ecoli-input.tar.gz (md5sum: 1da85ab18f9afae98cf176ef88c6c214)
 
 ### Docker
 For small to medium projects (up to ~200 isolates) but also for the sake of
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ information please have a look at our user manual.
 In order to trigger an **OpenStack** based cloud project, you need the following
 additional cloud related files:
 - ASA³P cloud tarball (containing binaries, property files and a customized BiBiGrid version):
-https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/asap-cloud.tar.gz
+https://s3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de/swift/v1/asap/asap-cloud.tar.gz (md5sum: c584dedcaf17963a240dbabfad95f608)
 
 Once ASA³P is properly setup you can start it by executing a single shell script:
 ```bash
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 79059f2..4b4c89a 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>bio.comp.jlu.asap</groupId>
     <artifactId>asap</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.3</version>
+    <version>1.2.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>ASAP</name>
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bio/comp/jlu/asap/ASAPConstants.java b/core/src/main/java/bio/comp/jlu/asap/ASAPConstants.java
index c960aac..d81ba37 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bio/comp/jlu/asap/ASAPConstants.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bio/comp/jlu/asap/ASAPConstants.java
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ public final class ASAPConstants {
 public final static int MAX_STEP_WAITING_PERIOD = 24*60*60*1000;
 public final static int EXP_BACKOFF_EXP = 10;
 
-public final static String ASAP_VERSION = "1.1.3";
+public final static String ASAP_VERSION = "1.2.0";
 
-}
+}
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