diff --git a/PackageInfo.g b/PackageInfo.g
index 46f2abf..16e28a2 100644
--- a/PackageInfo.g
+++ b/PackageInfo.g
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ##  <#GAPDoc Label="PKGVERSIONDATA">
-##  <!ENTITY VERSION "0.9.8-dev">
-##  <!ENTITY COPYRIGHTYEARS "2008-2023">
+##  <!ENTITY VERSION "0.9.8">
+##  <!ENTITY COPYRIGHTYEARS "2008-2024">
 ##  <#/GAPDoc>
 
 SetPackageInfo(rec(
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ PackageName := "SgpDec",
 
 Subtitle := "Hierarchical Coordinatizations of Finite Groups and Semigroups",
 
-Version := "0.9.8-dev",
+Version := "0.9.8",
 
-Date := "01/09/2023", # dd/mm/yyyy format
+Date := "13/06/2024", # dd/mm/yyyy format
 License := "GPL-2.0-or-later",
 
 Persons := [
diff --git a/lib/doc.g b/lib/doc.g
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7aafcd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/doc.g
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#temporary solution before using AutoDoc
+
+SgpDecDocSourceFiles := ["../PackageInfo.g",
+                         "mansections.xml"];
+MakeReadOnlyGVar("SgpDecDocSourceFiles");
+
+SgpDecMakeDoc := function()
+  MakeGAPDocDoc(
+    Concatenation(PackageInfo("sgpdec")[1]!.InstallationPath,"/doc"),
+    "main.xml",
+    SgpDecDocSourceFiles,
+    "SgpDec",
+    "MathJax",
+    "../../..");
+end;
+
+SgpDecRunManualExamples := function()
+  #to have the same output
+  SizeScreen([80]);
+  #to have no profile info
+  #SetInfoLevel(LagrangeDecompositionInfoClass,0);
+  #SetInfoLevel(HolonomyInfoClass,0);
+  #SetInfoLevel(SkeletonInfoClass,0);
+  RunExamples(
+    ExtractExamples(
+      Concatenation(PackageInfo("sgpdec")[1]!.InstallationPath,
+                    "/doc"),
+      "main.xml",
+      SgpDecDocSourceFiles,
+      "Section"),
+    rec(width:=80,compareFunction:="uptowhitespace"));
+end;
diff --git a/makedoc.g b/makedoc.g
index 4a09a3c..4a33ee3 100644
--- a/makedoc.g
+++ b/makedoc.g
@@ -1,33 +1,2 @@
-SgpDecDocSourceFiles := ["../PackageInfo.g",
-                         "mansections.xml"];
-MakeReadOnlyGVar("SgpDecDocSourceFiles");
-
-SgpDecMakeDoc := function()
-  MakeGAPDocDoc(
-    Concatenation(PackageInfo("sgpdec")[1]!.InstallationPath,"/doc"),
-    "main.xml",
-    SgpDecDocSourceFiles,
-    "SgpDec",
-    "MathJax",
-    "../../..");
-end;
-
-SgpDecRunManualExamples := function()
-  #to have the same output
-  SizeScreen([80]);
-  #to have no profile info
-  #SetInfoLevel(LagrangeDecompositionInfoClass,0);
-  #SetInfoLevel(HolonomyInfoClass,0);
-  #SetInfoLevel(SkeletonInfoClass,0);
-  RunExamples(
-    ExtractExamples(
-      Concatenation(PackageInfo("sgpdec")[1]!.InstallationPath,
-                    "/doc"),
-      "main.xml",
-      SgpDecDocSourceFiles,
-      "Section"),
-    rec(width:=80,compareFunction:="uptowhitespace"));
-end;
-
-#the actual call
-SgpDecMakeDoc();
\ No newline at end of file
+LoadPackage("sgpdec");
+SgpDecMakeDoc();
diff --git a/read.g b/read.g
index bf8b786..709baa5 100644
--- a/read.g
+++ b/read.g
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # read Implementation files
 
-ReadPackage("SgpDec","/makedoc.g");
+ReadPackage("SgpDec","/lib/doc.g");
 
 ReadPackage("SgpDec","/lib/disjointuniongroups.gi");
 ReadPackage("SgpDec","/lib/finiteset.gi");