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 # Contributing
 
-We welcome improvements, extensions, bug reports and bug fixes to `VAtools!  
+We welcome improvements, extensions, bug reports and bug fixes to VAtools!  
 
 ## Bug Reports
 To make bug reports most useful, please include:
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     <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/vatools.svg?maxAge=1000" alt="PyPI" />
 </a>
 
-
-# VCF Annotation Tools (VAtools)
+![VATools_logo](docs/images/VAT-logo_v1a_small.png)
 
 VAtools (VCF Annotation Tools) is a python package for easy manipulation of genomic data stored in the common VCF format
 
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     A tool that extracts and manipulates values from existing sample fields
     and outputs the results to a TSV file.
 
+VAtools is released under an MIT License to enable broad reuse
+
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
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-License
-=======
-
-This project is licensed under the `MIT License <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>`_.