diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eadc21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+2024-04-21  James Koonts  <james@koonts.net>
+
+    * version bump
+    * verbosity bugfix
+	* Create CHANGELOG.md
+    * Add verbosity params
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c5920d8..2aac2be 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "sys-compare"
 description = "Track Filesystem Integrity via 'Snapshots' which contain a HashMap of the files and their corresponding hash signature from a specified directory."
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["james@koonts.net"]
 license = "MIT"