diff --git a/.github/workflows/r-check-version.yaml b/.github/workflows/r-check-version.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44817de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/r-check-version.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+name: version checks
+
+jobs:
+  check-r-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: any::gh, any::fuj
+
+      - uses: jmbarbone/actions/r-check-version@main
+        with:
+          ignore-dev-version: true
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 974547a..bbd93ef 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: fuj
 Type: Package
 Title: Functions and Utilities for Jordan
-Version: 0.1.3.9000
+Version: 0.1.4
 Authors@R: 
     person(
       given = "Jordan Mark", 
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ Suggests:
     spelling,
     testthat (>= 3.0.0)
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
-URL: https://jmbarbone.github.io/fuj/
+URL: https://jmbarbone.github.io/fuj/, https://github.com/jmbarbone/fuj
+BugReports: https://github.com/jmbarbone/fuj/issues
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index dfc5988..e52e936 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-# fuj (development version)
+# fuj 0.1.4
 
 * adds `%::%` and `%:::%` (which now aliases `%colons$`) or retrieving exported and non-exported values from namespaces [#31](https://github.com/jmbarbone/fuj/issues/31)
 * adds `verbose()` for conditional message printing [#29](https://github.com/jmbarbone/fuj/issues/29)
+* GitHub workflow added to maintain version bumps on merge [`jmbarbone/actions/r-check-version`](https://github.com/jmbarbone/actions/blob/main/examples/r-check-version.yaml)
 
 # fuj 0.1.3
 
diff --git a/R/verbose.R b/R/verbose.R
index f063bed..73ecd58 100644
--- a/R/verbose.R
+++ b/R/verbose.R
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #' op <- options(fuj.verbose = function() TRUE)
 #' verbose("function will evaluate")
 #' verbose(NULL) # nothing
-#' verbose(NULL, "something)
+#' verbose(NULL, "something")
 #' verbose(if (FALSE) {
 #' "`if` returns `NULL` when not `TRUE`, which makes for additional control"
 #' })
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ verbose <- function(...) {
 
 verbose_message <- function(..., call = NULL) {
   struct(
-    list(.makeMessage("[verbose] ", ...), call),
+    list(.makeMessage("[verbose] ", ..., appendLF = TRUE), call),
     names = c("message", "call"),
     class = c("verboseMessage", "message", "condition")
   )
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index ca1baa5..8dac1a7 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ## Test environments
 
-* local R installation, R 4.3.0
+* local R installation, R 4.3.1
 * windows-latest, release
 * macOS-latest release
 * ubuntu-latest devel, release, oldrel-1
 
 ## R CMD check results
 
-0 errors | 0 warnings | 1 note
+0 errors | 0 warnings | 0 note
 
 * This is a patch release
-* Includes a single minor fix with accompanying test
+* Includes a new function and a new alias
diff --git a/man/verbose.Rd b/man/verbose.Rd
index 47973ee..7d17391 100644
--- a/man/verbose.Rd
+++ b/man/verbose.Rd
@@ -23,3 +23,21 @@ message conditions.  \code{\link[=verbose]{verbose()}} can be controlled with \c
 (the default) and an override, \code{options(fuj.verbose)}.  The latter can be
 set to a function whose result will be used for conditional evaluation.
 }
+\examples{
+op <- options(verbose = FALSE)
+verbose("will not show")
+
+options(verbose = TRUE)
+verbose("message printed")
+verbose("multiple lines ", "will be ", "combined")
+options(op)
+
+op <- options(fuj.verbose = function() TRUE)
+verbose("function will evaluate")
+verbose(NULL) # nothing
+verbose(NULL, "something")
+verbose(if (FALSE) {
+"`if` returns `NULL` when not `TRUE`, which makes for additional control"
+})
+options(op)
+}
diff --git a/revdep/README.md b/revdep/README.md
index c60f1c2..9481f26 100644
--- a/revdep/README.md
+++ b/revdep/README.md
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 # Platform
 
-|field    |value                                  |
-|:--------|:--------------------------------------|
-|version  |R version 4.3.0 (2023-04-21)           |
-|os       |Ubuntu 23.04                           |
-|system   |x86_64, linux-gnu                      |
-|ui       |RStudio                                |
-|language |(EN)                                   |
-|collate  |en_US.UTF-8                            |
-|ctype    |en_US.UTF-8                            |
-|tz       |America/New_York                       |
-|date     |2023-05-21                             |
-|rstudio  |2023.03.1+446 Cherry Blossom (desktop) |
-|pandoc   |2.19.2 @ /usr/bin/pandoc               |
+|field    |value                                                                               |
+|:--------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+|version  |R version 4.3.1 (2023-06-16)                                                        |
+|os       |Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS                                                                  |
+|system   |x86_64, linux-gnu                                                                   |
+|ui       |RStudio                                                                             |
+|language |(EN)                                                                                |
+|collate  |en_US.UTF-8                                                                         |
+|ctype    |en_US.UTF-8                                                                         |
+|tz       |America/New_York                                                                    |
+|date     |2023-10-21                                                                          |
+|rstudio  |2023.12.0-daily+155 Ocean Storm (desktop)                                           |
+|pandoc   |3.1.8 @ /usr/lib/rstudio/resources/app/bin/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/ (via rmarkdown) |
 
 # Dependencies
 
-|package |old   |new        |Δ  |
-|:-------|:-----|:----------|:--|
-|fuj     |0.1.2 |0.1.2.9001 |*  |
+|package |old   |new   |Δ  |
+|:-------|:-----|:-----|:--|
+|fuj     |0.1.3 |0.1.4 |*  |
 
 # Revdeps
 
diff --git a/revdep/failures.md b/revdep/failures.md
index c8ed39a..90151f0 100644
--- a/revdep/failures.md
+++ b/revdep/failures.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <details>
 
 * Version: 
-* GitHub: NA
+* GitHub: https://github.com/jmbarbone/fuj
 * Source code: NA
 * Number of recursive dependencies: 0