diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d0cd9c703..d33fac68c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ produce an executable jar-file, run the following command:
 mvn package
 ```
 
-This will produce `target/Litterbox-1.7.jar`
+This will produce `target/Litterbox-1.8.jar`
 
 
 ## Using LitterBox
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ This will produce `target/Litterbox-1.7.jar`
 To see an overview of the command line options available in LitterBox type:
 
 ```
-java -jar Litterbox-1.7.jar --help
+java -jar Litterbox-1.8.jar --help
 ```
 
 ### Basic usage
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ LitterBox parses the JSON file of a Scratch project, which contains
 its source code. Given such a JSON file, LitterBox is invoked as follows:
 
 ```
-java -jar Litterbox-1.7.jar --check --path <path/to/project.json>
+java -jar Litterbox-1.8.jar --check --path <path/to/project.json>
 ```
 
 As a result, LitterBox will report any occurrences of bug patterns or
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ If you want to check a specific project given its ID (which you can
 find in the URL of the project), you can use the following command:
 
 ```
-java -jar Litterbox-1.7.jar --check --projectid <projectid> --path <path/to/store/downloaded/project>
+java -jar Litterbox-1.8.jar --check --projectid <projectid> --path <path/to/store/downloaded/project>
 ```
 
 When invoked this way, LitterBox will retrieve the JSON file
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ project IDs to check in a text file (one project ID per line) and
 invoke LitterBox as follows:
 
 ```
-java -jar Litterbox-1.7.jar --check --projectlist <path/to/projectidlist.txt> --path <path/to/projects>
+java -jar Litterbox-1.8.jar --check --projectlist <path/to/projectidlist.txt> --path <path/to/projects>
 ```
 
 LitterBox will check the given path for the projects.
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ filename specified in order to decide whether to produce CSV or JSON
 output:
 
 ```
-java -jar Litterbox-1.7.jar --check --path <path/to/project.json> --output <result.csv>
+java -jar Litterbox-1.8.jar --check --path <path/to/project.json> --output <result.csv>
 ```
 
 The CSV file will contain a high-level summary of the number of
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ analyzed Scratch-project, where all occurrences of bug patterns are
 highlighted with comments.
 
 ```
-java -jar Litterbox-1.7.jar --check --path <path/to/project.json> --annotate <result.json>
+java -jar Litterbox-1.8.jar --check --path <path/to/project.json> --annotate <result.json>
 ```
 
 
@@ -119,20 +119,27 @@ comma-separated list of bug patterns, e.g.:
 
 
 ```
-java -jar Litterbox-1.7.jar --check --path <path/to/project.json> --detectors endless_recursion,call_without_definition
+java -jar Litterbox-1.8.jar --check --path <path/to/project.json> --detectors endless_recursion,call_without_definition
 ```
 
 A full list of available bug checkers can be retrieved using:
 
-
 ```
-java -jar Litterbox-1.7.jar --help
+java -jar Litterbox-1.8.jar --help
 ```
 
 To select all bug patterns, you can also use the term `bugs` in the
 list; to select all code smell checks use `smells`.
 
+### Deactivating robot finders
+
+To deactivate finders for the mBlock and Codey Rocky robots set the flag
+in the litterbox.properties file to false. This can reduce the run time of
+the analysis and the size of a resulting CSV file.
 
+```
+issues.load_mblock=false
+```
 
 ### Collecting statistics
 
@@ -140,7 +147,7 @@ LitterBox can produce statistics on code metrics of a project (e.g.,
 number of blocks, number of sprites, weighted method count):
 
 ```
-java -jar Litterbox-1.7.jar --stats --path <path/to/project.json> --output <statsfile.csv>
+java -jar Litterbox-1.8.jar --stats --path <path/to/project.json> --output <statsfile.csv>
 ```
 
 ### Automatically refactoring projects
@@ -148,7 +155,7 @@ java -jar Litterbox-1.7.jar --stats --path <path/to/project.json> --output <stat
 Since version 1.7 Litterbox can automatically refactor a given Scratch project to improve its readability:
 
 ```
-java -jar Litterbox-1.7.jar \
+java -jar Litterbox-1.8.jar \
     --refactor \
     --path <path/to/project.json> \
     --refactored-projects <path/to/output-dir>
@@ -166,7 +173,7 @@ Litterbox produces a file with exactly these rules. It's like a Scratch extracto
 multiple projects and produces the output to the declared output folder.
 
 ```
-java -jar target/Litterbox-1.7-SNAPSHOT.jar -c2v -output <path/to/folder/for/the/output> -path <path/to/json/project/or/folder/with/projects>
+java -jar target/Litterbox-1.8-SNAPSHOT.jar -c2v -output <path/to/folder/for/the/output> -path <path/to/json/project/or/folder/with/projects>
 ```
 
 There are some differences between Scratch and "normal" programming languages like Java, but the most important is,
@@ -201,12 +208,21 @@ in Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Enginee
 To learn more about bug patterns, see the following paper:
 
 C. Frädrich, F. Obermüller, N. Körber, U. Heuer, and G. Fraser, “Common bugs in scratch programs,” in Proceedings of
- the 25th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer
- Science Education (ITiCSE), pages 89-95, ACM, 2020. [https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387389](https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387389)
+the 25th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer
+Science Education (ITiCSE), pages 89-95, ACM,
+2020. [https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387389](https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387389)
 
 To learn more about code perfumes, see the following paper:
 
-F. Obermüller, L. Bloch, L. Greifenstein, U. Heuer, and G. Fraser, "Code Perfumes: Reporting Good Code to Encourage Learners", in Proceedings of the 16th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE ’21). ACM, 2021. [https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.06289](https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.06289)
+F. Obermüller, L. Bloch, L. Greifenstein, U. Heuer, and G. Fraser, "Code Perfumes: Reporting Good Code to Encourage
+Learners", in Proceedings of the 16th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE ’21). ACM,
+2021. [https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.06289](https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.06289)
+
+To learn more about code patterns in mBlock robot programs, see the following paper:
+
+F. Obermüller, R. Pernerstorfer, L. Bailey, U. Heuer, and G. Fraser, "Common Patterns in Block-Based Robot Programs",
+in Proceedings of the 17th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE ’22). ACM,
+2022. [https://doi.org/10.1145/3556787.3556859](https://doi.org/10.1145/3556787.3556859)
 
 ## Contributors
 
@@ -232,6 +248,7 @@ Jonas Lerchenberger\
 Stephan Lukasczyk\
 Miriam Münch\
 Florian Obermüller\
+Robert Pernerstorfer\
 Gregorio Robles\
 Lisa-Marina Salvesen\
 Sebastian Schweikl\
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 11ee443b2..63fe2357b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>de.uni_passau.fim.se2</groupId>
     <artifactId>Litterbox</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/IssueHints_en.properties b/src/main/resources/IssueHints_en.properties
index 271c19d31..f3b31b0bb 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/IssueHints_en.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/IssueHints_en.properties
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ gear_potentiometer_in_bounds=Very nice! You are measuring the potentiometer valu
 gear_potentiometer_out_of_bounds=You are trying to measure the potentiometer value of the gear of the robot in a range that is not possible. Use a whole number between 0 and 100.
 interrupted_loop_sensing_robot=The [bc]%BLOCKNAME[/bc] block interrupts the checking of the condition in the [bc]%THENELSE[/bc] block while being executed. It can happen that the condition occurs but your script doesn't react accordingly because it is busy doing the [bc]%BLOCKNAME[/bc] block. Consider doing the condition checking in a separate (parallel) script.
 led_off_script=Great! You have a script for turning off all LEDs.
-led_off_script_missing=LEDs can be switched on, but there is no script to switch them off again.
+led_off_script_missing=The LEDs on your robot are still turned on after the program has stopped. Add an LED Off block at the end of your program.
 line_following_in_bounds=Very nice! You are comparing the value of the line following sensor in the possible range.
 line_following_out_of_bounds=You are trying to measure a value that can not be detected with the line following sensor. Use a whole number between 0 und 3.
 loop_sensing_robot=Very good! To ensure that you don\uFFFDt miss an event you continuously check for it in a forever loop.