diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 85bc11e08..49d00b49f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 RunestoneServer-6.1.12
 
 Changes since 6.1.11
-
+- Peer Instruction updates
 - minor updates
 - support for adding hparsons to assignments -- still need to get autograder working
 
diff --git a/static/motd.html b/static/motd.html
index 41b19fa61..9824927f5 100644
--- a/static/motd.html
+++ b/static/motd.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<h4>Updates November 25, 2022</h4>
+<h4>Updates December 9, 2022</h4>
 <ul>
-    <li><b>Happy Thanksgiving!</b> to those who celebrate it.</li>
     <li><b>Fix</b>You can now add horizontal parsons to an assignment</li> <b>autograding</b> is coming soon.
+    <li><b>Improved</b>Peer Instruction fixes based on user feedback</li>
     <li><b>New</b>You can now register for a book by clicking on a button in the library</li>
     <li><b>New</b>Added a checkbox to filter non-zero grades from manual grading to help you find 0's and ungraded questions more easily</li>
     <li>Log the server serving a particular page for better debugging</li>
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ <h4>High School Teachers:</h4>
 
 <h4>Please Support Runestone</h4>
 <p>
-    Did you know that over 60,000 students registered on Runestone Academy for the August
-    2021/22 school year. At $100 a textbook we saved students $6 million last year! Thats
+    Did you know that over 49,000 students registered on Runestone Academy for the August
+    2022 term. At $100 a textbook we saved students $4.9 million this semester! Thats
     a lot of students and a lot of savings. It takes a lot of work to keep this site up
     and growing. We are adding new features and improvements all the time. Please
     consider a