diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index b2741aa..4ceeccf 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ type: software
 license: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 title: 'FreesearchR: A free and open-source browser based data analysis tool for researchers
   with publication ready output'
-version: 25.5.5
+version: 25.5.6
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14527429
 identifiers:
 - type: url
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f245494..e723fde 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: FreesearchR
 Title: A free and open-source browser based data analysis tool for researchers with publication ready output
-Version: 25.5.5
+Version: 25.5.6
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Andreas Gammelgaard", "Damsbo",email="agdamsbo@clin.au.dk", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-7559-1154")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 44b7837..6534c2d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# FreesearchR 25.5.6
+
+- *FIX* note on max file size of 5 mb
+
+- *FIX* added a banner to the dev version on shinyapps.io
+
+- *FIX* updated intro text
+
 # FreesearchR 25.5.5
 
 - *FIX* several minor bugs and polish
diff --git a/R/app_version.R b/R/app_version.R
index d4d8dc1..7290e2e 100644
--- a/R/app_version.R
+++ b/R/app_version.R
@@ -1 +1 @@
-app_version <- function()'25.5.5'
+app_version <- function()'25.5.6'
diff --git a/R/hosted_version.R b/R/hosted_version.R
index 3cd2368..bf34da5 100644
--- a/R/hosted_version.R
+++ b/R/hosted_version.R
@@ -1 +1 @@
-hosted_version <- function()'v25.5.5-250514'
+hosted_version <- function()'v25.5.6-250516'
diff --git a/R/sysdata.rda b/R/sysdata.rda
index 3bc008a..9e821b6 100644
Binary files a/R/sysdata.rda and b/R/sysdata.rda differ
diff --git a/SESSION.md b/SESSION.md
index 227cb13..28d82ad 100644
--- a/SESSION.md
+++ b/SESSION.md
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 |collate     |en_US.UTF-8                                |
 |ctype       |en_US.UTF-8                                |
 |tz          |Europe/Copenhagen                          |
-|date        |2025-05-14                                 |
-|rstudio     |2024.12.1+563 Kousa Dogwood (desktop)      |
+|date        |2025-05-16                                 |
+|rstudio     |2025.05.0+496 Mariposa Orchid (desktop)    |
 |pandoc      |3.6.4 @ /opt/homebrew/bin/ (via rmarkdown) |
 |quarto      |1.7.30 @ /usr/local/bin/quarto             |
-|FreesearchR |25.5.5.250514                              |
+|FreesearchR |25.5.6.250516                              |
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 |foreach           |1.5.2         |2022-02-02 |CRAN (R 4.4.0) |
 |foreign           |0.8-90        |2025-03-31 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |Formula           |1.2-5         |2023-02-24 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
-|FreesearchR       |25.5.5        |NA         |NA             |
+|FreesearchR       |25.5.6        |NA         |NA             |
 |fs                |1.6.6         |2025-04-12 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |gdtools           |0.4.2         |2025-03-27 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |generics          |0.1.3         |2022-07-05 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
@@ -119,9 +119,11 @@
 |later             |1.4.2         |2025-04-08 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |lattice           |0.22-7        |2025-04-02 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |lifecycle         |1.0.4         |2023-11-07 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
+|litedown          |0.7           |2025-04-08 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |lme4              |1.1-37        |2025-03-26 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |lubridate         |1.9.4         |2024-12-08 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |magrittr          |2.0.3         |2022-03-30 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
+|markdown          |2.0           |2025-03-23 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |MASS              |7.3-65        |2025-02-28 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |Matrix            |1.7-3         |2025-03-11 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |memoise           |2.0.1         |2021-11-26 |CRAN (R 4.4.0) |
@@ -160,7 +162,6 @@
 |R6                |2.6.1         |2025-02-15 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |ragg              |1.4.0         |2025-04-10 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |rankinPlot        |1.1.0         |2023-01-30 |CRAN (R 4.4.0) |
-|rappdirs          |0.3.3         |2021-01-31 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |rbibutils         |2.3           |2024-10-04 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |RColorBrewer      |1.1-3         |2022-04-03 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |
 |Rcpp              |1.0.14        |2025-01-12 |CRAN (R 4.4.1) |