diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40dc521da..e55e2471b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -187,10 +187,9 @@ systemctl start quads-{db,server,web}
 flask --app quads.server.app init-db
 ```
 
-   - Now you're ready to go.
-```
-quads --help
-```
+   - Now you're ready to go and start configuring QUADS environments, hosts, and other components below.
+   - You should be able to access http://QUADSVM here to see the `quads-web` serving the _Available Hosts_ UI and your QUADS API will also be [available](docs/quads-api.md)
+   - Make sure you open up TCP/80 and/or TCP/443 on your host firewall of choice, to enable SSL/TLS follow the next optional section.
 
 #### Using SSL with Flask API and QUADS
 
diff --git a/conf/quads.yml b/conf/quads.yml
index 14beec944..402c3773b 100644
--- a/conf/quads.yml
+++ b/conf/quads.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ spare_pool_owner: quads
 # display name for QUADS email notifications
 mail_display_name: "QUADS Scheduler"
 # set header for User-Agent:
-mail_user_agent: "Rufus Postman 2.0.0"
+mail_user_agent: "Rufus Postman 2.0.5"
 domain: example.com
 log: /opt/quads/log/quads.log
 quads_base_url: http://127.0.0.1:5000/
diff --git a/rpm/quads.spec b/rpm/quads.spec
index 6a7c69397..d75b8a7e9 100644
--- a/rpm/quads.spec
+++ b/rpm/quads.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 %define name quads-dev
 %define reponame quads
 %define branch latest
-%define version 2.0.0
+%define version 2.0.5
 %define build_timestamp %{lua: print(os.date("%Y%m%d"))}
 
 Summary: Automated future scheduling, documentation, end-to-end provisioning and assignment of servers and networks.
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ if [ "$1" -eq 1 ]; then
     sed -i 's/ident/password/g' /opt/quads/db/data/pg_hba.conf
     /usr/bin/systemctl start quads-db
     cd /var/lib/pgsql && sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD 'postgres';"
+    /usr/bin/systemctl start nginx
 fi
 
 if [ "$1" -eq 2 ]; then
@@ -228,6 +229,16 @@ find /opt/quads/ | grep -E "(/__pycache__$|\.pyc$|\.pyo$)" | xargs rm -rf
 
 %changelog
 
+* Thu Sep 19 2024 Will Foster <wfoster@redhat.com>
+- 2.0.5 Release
+- multiple roles support to auth
+- webui fixes/updates
+- packaging fixes
+- huge performance improvement to quads --regen-heatmap
+- SELinux support for QUADS
+- filter added to available API endpoint
+- many other bug fixes
+
 * Thu Jun 20 2024 Will Foster <wfoster@redhat.com>
 * 2.0.0 Release
 
diff --git a/src/quads/config.py b/src/quads/config.py
index 0b6afe665..136f185ff 100644
--- a/src/quads/config.py
+++ b/src/quads/config.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def API_URL(self):
 
     FPING_TIMEOUT = 10000
 
-    QUADSVERSION = "2.0.0"
+    QUADSVERSION = "2.0.5"
     QUADSCODENAME = "bowie"
 
     SUPPORTED = [