diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ccd74bf288e927be6282d2024871f913ddec10c8..f7b4f7682ee3f6f780515ff6d6783b57b3304536 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
 ``boxmox`` is the Python wrapper for the chemical box model BOXMOX (a standalone
 C/Fortran executable).
 
-## Installation notes
+## Contributing
+
+We are looking forward to receiving your [new issue report](https://mbees.med.uni-augsburg.de/gitlab/mbees/icartt_pypackage/-/issues/new).
+
+If you'd like to contribute source code directly, please [create a fork](https://mbees.med.uni-augsburg.de/gitlab/mbees/icartt_pypackage),
+make your changes and then [submit a merge request](https://mbees.med.uni-augsburg.de/gitlab/mbees/icartt_pypackage/-/merge_requests/new) to the original project.
+
+## Installation
 
 ### BOXMOX model needs to be installed
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b56277bbb1267a993dd72e42d6a0b682cdc8518d..836e9171ceb47b8e9d3c080cecde0a41940df84c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "boxmox"
-version = "1.2.1"
+version = "1.2.2"
 description = "BOXMOX python interface"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 authors = ["Christoph Knote <christoph.knote@med.uni-augsburg.de>"]