diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 78398c6aa..d6072a713 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ insert_final_newline = true
 indent_style = space
 trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 
+[*.md]
+indent_size = 2
+
 [*.{r,R}]
 indent_size = 2
 
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1830f5826..dd8ead9c9 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ Suggests:
     eaf
 LazyData: yes
 ByteCompile: yes
-Version: 1.0
+Version: 1.0.0
 RoxygenNote: 5.0.1
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a0b0a88e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# mlrMBO 1.0.0
+
+* Initial CRAN release
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd1ceb1fe..793db3957 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,54 +1,26 @@
 # mlrMBO
 
-
-Model-based optimization with mlr
-
+[![CRAN_Status_Badge](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/mlrMBO)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=mlrMBO)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mlr-org/mlrMBO.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mlr-org/mlrMBO) master <br />
 [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/gvr607kqcl78qjq9/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/jakob-r/mlrmbo/branch/master) windows <br />
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mlr-org/mlrMBO.png?branch=gh-pages)](https://travis-ci.org/mlr-org/mlrMBO) tutorial <br />
 
-
-The package will be released soon, so some links below are not working.
-
-* [Offical CRAN release site](http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/mlrMBO/index.html)  (*not available yet*)
-  
-* [Tutorial on github](http://mlr-org.github.io/mlrMBO/devel/html/) (*work in progress*)
+Model-based optimization with [mlr](https://github.com/mlr-org/mlr/).
 
 # Installation
 
-The package has not been released on CRAN yet. Run the following command in R to install the current GitHub version. 
-
-To install packages directly from github use the `install_github()` function from `devtools`.
-
-```r
-install.packages("devtools")
-```
-
-Before you can install `mlrMBO` you need the current github versions of both [mlr](https://github.com/mlr-org/mlr/) and [ParamHelpers](https://github.com/berndbischl/ParamHelpers).
+`mlrMBO` currently needs the development versions of the packages [mlr](https://github.com/mlr-org/mlr/) and [ParamHelpers](https://github.com/berndbischl/ParamHelpers).
+To install `mlrMBO` with all dependencies, run the following lines:
 
 ```r
-library(devtools)
-install_github("berndbischl/ParamHelpers")
-install_github("mlr-org/mlr")
+devtools::install_github("berndbischl/ParamHelpers")
+devtools::install_github("mlr-org/mlr")
+devtools::install_github("mlr-org/mlrMBO")
 ```
 
-Then you can easily install.  
 
-```r
-install_github("mlr-org/mlrMBO")
-```
-
-Àll other dependencies will be installed automatically from CRAN. 
-
-
-[Further installation instructions](https://github.com/rdatsci/PackagesInfo/wiki/Installation-Information) are available at the site of tudo-r
+# Resources
 
-# Mailinglist and Email-Service-Hook
-
-Developers use this mailing list:
-
-https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=de#!forum/mlrmbo-devel
-
-mlrmbo-devel@googlegroups.com
-
-The github-service-hook will also send commit messages to this list. 
+* [Tutorial on github](http://mlr-org.github.io/mlrMBO/devel/html/) (*work in progress*)
+* Developers mailing list at [google groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=de#!forum/mlrmbo-devel).
+  The github-service-hook will also send commit messages to this list.