diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c58107..5c5d76f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.12.2] - 2023-02-29
+
+## Bugfix
+- Fixes issue [#39](https://github.com/turboflakes/crunch/issues/39), removes control characters from seed file, before parsing content.
+
 ## [0.12.1] - 2023-02-29
 
 ## Bugfix
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0dc238c..01b33c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ For Pool Operators to auto-compound members rewards above certain threshold.
 # create `crunch-bot` directory
 mkdir /crunch-bot
 # download `crunch` binary latest version
-wget -P /crunch-bot https://github.com/turboflakes/crunch/releases/download/v0.12.1/crunch
+wget -P /crunch-bot https://github.com/turboflakes/crunch/releases/download/v0.12.2/crunch
 # make `crunch` binary file executable
 chmod +x /crunch-bot/crunch
 ```
diff --git a/crunch-update.sh b/crunch-update.sh
index a1ae72a..be8a05d 100644
--- a/crunch-update.sh
+++ b/crunch-update.sh
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 DIRNAME="~/crunch-bot"
 FILENAME="$DIRNAME/crunch"
 
-read -p "Enter the Crunch version that you would like to download (e.g.: 0.12.1): " INPUT_VERSION
+read -p "Enter the Crunch version that you would like to download (e.g.: 0.12.2): " INPUT_VERSION
 if [ "$INPUT_VERSION" = "" ]; then
-                    INPUT_VERSION="0.12.1"
+                    INPUT_VERSION="0.12.2"
 fi
 
 URI="https://github.com/turboflakes/crunch/releases/download/v$INPUT_VERSION/crunch"