diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 701106d89..6a8f4be3a 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- #678
+- #679
 
 2.16.0
 =======
diff --git a/Mustang-CLI/pom.xml b/Mustang-CLI/pom.xml
index 9b5e3bc9c..9d83688f5 100644
--- a/Mustang-CLI/pom.xml
+++ b/Mustang-CLI/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.15.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         should also work for XRechnung/CII.
     </name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>2.15.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.compilerVersion>11</maven.compiler.compilerVersion>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>validator</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <!-- prototypes of new mustangproject versions can be installed by referring to them and installed to the local repo from a jar file with
            mvn install:install-file -Dfile=mustang-1.5.4-SNAPSHOT.jar -DgroupId=org.mustangproject.ZUGFeRD -DartifactId=mustang -Dversion=1.5.4 -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true
            -->
diff --git a/library/pom.xml b/library/pom.xml
index 073661c1f..81a1716fa 100644
--- a/library/pom.xml
+++ b/library/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.15.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>library</artifactId>
-    <version>2.15.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Library to write, read and validate e-invoices (Factur-X, ZUGFeRD, Order-X, XRechnung/CII)</name>
     <description>FOSS Java library to read, write and validate european electronic invoices and orders in the UN/CEFACT
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZUGFeRDInvoiceImporter.java b/library/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZUGFeRDInvoiceImporter.java
index 61bfad67d..35efed238 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZUGFeRDInvoiceImporter.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZUGFeRDInvoiceImporter.java
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public Invoice extractInto(Invoice zpp) throws XPathExpressionException, ParseEx
 		List<IncludedNote> includedNotes = new ArrayList<>();
 
 		//UBL...
-		XPathExpression UBLNotesEx = xpath.compile("/*[local-name()=\"Invoice\"]/*[local-name()=\"Note\"]");
+		XPathExpression UBLNotesEx = xpath.compile("/*[local-name()=\"Invoice\"  or local-name()=\"CreditNote\"]/*[local-name()=\"Note\"]");
 		NodeList UBLNotesNd = (NodeList) UBLNotesEx.evaluate(getDocument(), XPathConstants.NODESET);
 		if ((UBLNotesNd != null) && (UBLNotesNd.getLength() > 0)) {
 			for (int nodeIndex = 0; nodeIndex < UBLNotesNd.getLength(); nodeIndex++) {
@@ -536,15 +536,16 @@ public Invoice extractInto(Invoice zpp) throws XPathExpressionException, ParseEx
 		}
 		zpp.addNotes(includedNotes);
 		String rootNode = extractString("local-name(/*)");
-		if (rootNode.equals("Invoice")) {
+		if (rootNode.equals("Invoice")||rootNode.equals("CreditNote")) {
 			// UBL...
-			number = extractString("//*[local-name()=\"Invoice\"]/*[local-name()=\"ID\"]").trim();
-			typeCode = extractString("//*[local-name()=\"Invoice\"]/*[local-name()=\"InvoiceTypeCode\"]").trim();
-			String issueDateStr = extractString("//*[local-name()=\"Invoice\"]/*[local-name()=\"IssueDate\"]").trim();
+			// //*[local-name()="Invoice" or local-name()="CreditNote"]
+			number = extractString("/*[local-name()=\"Invoice\" or local-name()=\"CreditNote\"]/*[local-name()=\"ID\"]").trim();
+			typeCode = extractString("/*[local-name()=\"Invoice\" or local-name()=\"CreditNote\"]/*[local-name()=\"InvoiceTypeCode\"]").trim();
+			String issueDateStr = extractString("/*[local-name()=\"Invoice\" or local-name()=\"CreditNote\"]/*[local-name()=\"IssueDate\"]").trim();
 			if (issueDateStr.length()>0) {
 				issueDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").parse(issueDateStr);
 			}
-			String dueDt = extractString("//*[local-name()=\"Invoice\"]/*[local-name()=\"DueDate\"]").trim();
+			String dueDt = extractString("/*[local-name()=\"Invoice\" or local-name()=\"CreditNote\"]/*[local-name()=\"DueDate\"]").trim();
 			if (dueDt.length() > 0) {
 				dueDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").parse(dueDt);
 			}
diff --git a/library/src/test/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZF2ZInvoiceImporterTest.java b/library/src/test/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZF2ZInvoiceImporterTest.java
index 6014c5fcf..b8c15a40e 100644
--- a/library/src/test/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZF2ZInvoiceImporterTest.java
+++ b/library/src/test/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZF2ZInvoiceImporterTest.java
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ public void testImportDebit() {
 
 	}
 
-  public void testImportMinimum() {
+	public void testImportMinimum() {
 		File CIIinputFile = getResourceAsFile("cii/facturFrMinimum.xml");
 		try {
 			ZUGFeRDInvoiceImporter zii = new ZUGFeRDInvoiceImporter(new FileInputStream(CIIinputFile));
@@ -392,6 +392,28 @@ public void testImportMinimum() {
 
   }
 
+	public void testImportUBLCreditnote() { // Confirm some basics also work with UBL credit notes
+		File CIIinputFile = getResourceAsFile("ubl/UBL-CreditNote-2.1-Example.ubl.xml");
+		try {
+			ZUGFeRDInvoiceImporter zii = new ZUGFeRDInvoiceImporter(new FileInputStream(CIIinputFile));
+
+
+			CalculatedInvoice i = new CalculatedInvoice();
+			zii.extractInto(i);
+			assertEquals("TOSL108", i.getNumber());
+			assertEquals("729", i.getGrandTotal().toString());
+
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			fail("IOException not expected");
+		} catch (XPathExpressionException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		} catch (ParseException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+
+
+	}
+
 
 	@Test
 	public void testImportPrepaid() throws XPathExpressionException, ParseException {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9dade18f1..03f326a5a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-    <version>2.15.3-SNAPSHOT</version>    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <version>2.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>    <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Mustang</name>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/validator/pom.xml b/validator/pom.xml
index 67d7ca946..d8820ab1b 100644
--- a/validator/pom.xml
+++ b/validator/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.15.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.mustangproject</groupId>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <name>Library to validate e-invoices (ZUGFeRD, Factur-X and Xrechnung)</name>
 
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>2.15.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <!-- for jargs -->
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>library</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>
diff --git a/validator/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/validator/ValidationContext.java b/validator/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/validator/ValidationContext.java
index 73b95f2e7..ce3cde48a 100644
--- a/validator/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/validator/ValidationContext.java
+++ b/validator/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/validator/ValidationContext.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public ValidationContext setGeneration(String version) {
 	}
 
 	public ValidationContext setProfile(String profile) {
-		this.profile = profile;
+		this.profile = profile.trim();
 		return this;
 	}