diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ maddy uses [semver versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## Upcoming
 
+* ?
+
+## version 1.2.0 2023-07-27
+
 * ![**ADDED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-ADDED-%23099) Added Changelog
 * ![**ADDED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-ADDED-%23099) Added contribution guideline
 * ![**CHANGED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-CHANGED-%23e90) updated cmake minimum required version to 3.25
@@ -27,7 +31,6 @@ maddy uses [semver versioning](https://semver.org/).
 * ![**ADDED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-ADDED-%23099) optional support for latex blocks - it's off by default
 * ![**ADDED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-ADDED-%23099) version info to the parser class
 * ![**ADDED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-ADDED-%23099) GitHub workflow for release, so that one can include maddy easier via cmake's `FetchContent`
-* ?
 
 ## version 1.1.2 2020-10-04
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9ff99a..0533fc8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ It is tested to work on:
 
 ## Why maddy?
 
-When I looking for a Markdown parser in C++, I couldn't find any, that was
+When I was looking for a Markdown parser in C++, I couldn't find any, that was
 fitting my needs. So I simply wrote my own one.
 
 ## Markdown syntax