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 Package: psichomics
 Title: Graphical Interface for Alternative Splicing Quantification, Analysis and
     Visualisation
-Version: 1.22.1
+Version: 1.24.0
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Authors@R: c(
         person("Nuno", "Saraiva-Agostinho",
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+# psichomics 1.24.0 (26 Oct, 2022)
+
+* Bug fix: psichomics app now opens as expected instead of crashing
+
 # psichomics 1.22.1 (14 July, 2022)
 
 * Bug fix: GTEx data v8 can now be downloaded using newer versions of R