diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dbc05e98..8caea1ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# NFsim - the network free stochastic simulator, v1.2.1
+# NFsim - the network free stochastic simulator, v1.2.2
 
 [![NFsim build status](https://github.com/RuleWorld/nfsim/workflows/main-validation/badge.svg)](https://github.com/RuleWorld/nfsim/actions)
 <a href="https://scan.coverity.com/projects/nfsim">
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ stable. Use at your own risk.
 
 ## Release Notes
 
+### v1.2.2 April, 2022
+
+(a) Bugfix: Disabled maxcputime option
+(b) Bugfix: NFsim now checks for compartments and quits if it finds a compartments block
+(c) Bugifx: Leftover debug statement was removed.
+
 ### v1.2.1 Feb, 2022
 
 (a) Bugfix release. An accidentally leftover debug statement was removed.
diff --git a/dist/changeFilename.py b/dist/changeFilename.py
index 8dd8796e..07d89a26 100644
--- a/dist/changeFilename.py
+++ b/dist/changeFilename.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 import platform
 import os
 
-version = '1.2.1'
+version = '1.2.2'
 destdir = os.path.join(version, '{0}-{1}'.format(platform.system(), platform.architecture()[0]))
 os.makedirs(destdir)
-print 'moving NFSIm to {0}\n'.format(destdir)
+print('moving NFSIm to {0}\n'.format(destdir))
 if platform.system() != 'Windows':
     shutil.move('NFsim', os.path.join(destdir, 'NFsim'))
 else:
diff --git a/src/NFsim.cpp b/src/NFsim.cpp
index 693d0f54..56218e7e 100644
--- a/src/NFsim.cpp
+++ b/src/NFsim.cpp
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	// turned off for the general release code.
 	//if (!schedulerInterpreter(&argc, &argv)) return 0;
 
-	string versionNumber = "1.2.1";
+	string versionNumber = "1.2.2";
 	cout<<"starting NFsim v"+versionNumber+"..."<<endl<<endl;
 	clock_t start,finish;
 	double time;