diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 18dc1b4..6c7d78e 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 ^dev/
 summary.html
 plot1.png
+^whirl\.Rcheck$
+^whirl.*\.tar\.gz$
+^whirl.*\.tgz$
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6beed19..37d4767 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -62,3 +62,6 @@ summary.html
 *_log.html
 
 inst/doc
+whirl.Rcheck/
+whirl*.tar.gz
+whirl*.tgz
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index af7ffbd..f2f7080 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: whirl
 Title: Logging package
-Version: 0.0.5
+Version: 0.1.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Aksel", "Thomsen", , "oath@novonordisk.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Lovemore", "Gakava", , "lvgk@novonordisk.com", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9cf3422..e3a70a8 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# whirl 0.1.0 (2024-10-01)
+* First public release.
+
 # whirl 0.0.5 (2024-09-27)
 * Updated documentation
 * README and vignettes are now ready for users.
diff --git a/man/run.Rd b/man/run.Rd
index 102695f..949b448 100644
--- a/man/run.Rd
+++ b/man/run.Rd
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ e.g. the verbosity of the logs. See \link{options} on how to configure these.
 script <- system.file("examples/simple/success.R", package = "whirl")
 run(script)
 
-
 # Run several scripts in parallel on up to 2 workers
 scripts <- system.file("examples/simple", c("success.R", "warning.R", "error.R"), package = "whirl")
 run(scripts, n_workers = 2)
@@ -53,6 +52,6 @@ run(scripts, n_workers = 2)
 # Run scripts in several steps
 step_1 <- system.file("examples/simple", c("success.R", "warning.R"), package = "whirl")
 step_2 <- system.file("examples/simple", c("error.R"), package = "whirl")
-run(list(scripts_1, scripts_2), n_workers = 2)
+run(list(step_1, step_2), n_workers = 2)
 \dontshow{\}) # examplesIf}
 }