diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e4e086..fa523e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Pipfile.lock
 results
 .mypy_cache
 *.csv
-*.txt
 simulations/.ipynb_checkpoints
 simulations/validation/config3.py
 cadCAD.egg-info
diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2aaf63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Authors
+=======
+
+cadCAD was originally implemented by Joshua E. Jodesty and designed by Michael Zargham, Markus B. Koch, and
+Matthew V. Barlin from 2018 to 2019.
+
+
+Project Maintainers:
+- Joshua E. Jodesty <joshua@block.science, joshua.jodesty@gmail.com>
+- Markus B. Koch <markus@block.science>
+
+
+Contributors:
+- Joshua E. Jodesty
+- Markus B. Koch
+- Matthew V. Barlin
+- Michael Zargham
+- Zixuan Zhang
+
+
+We’d also like to thank:
+- Andrew Clark
+- Nikhil Jamdade
+- Nick Hirannet
+- Harry Goodnight
+- Charlie Hoppes
+- Jonathan Gabler
+- Charles Rice
+
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31326fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2018-2019 BlockScience
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cadCAD/engine/__init__.py b/cadCAD/engine/__init__.py
index 8147f5f..c236faa 100644
--- a/cadCAD/engine/__init__.py
+++ b/cadCAD/engine/__init__.py
@@ -70,11 +70,22 @@ class Executor:
         config_proc = Processor()
         create_tensor_field = TensorFieldReport(config_proc).create_tensor_field
 
-        print(self.exec_context+": "+str(self.configs))
+
+        print(r'''
+                            __________   ____ 
+          ________ __ _____/ ____/   |  / __ \
+         / ___/ __` / __  / /   / /| | / / / /
+        / /__/ /_/ / /_/ / /___/ ___ |/ /_/ / 
+        \___/\__,_/\__,_/\____/_/  |_/_____/  
+        by BlockScience
+        ''')
+        print(f'Execution Mode: {self.exec_context + ": " + str(self.configs)}')
+        print(f'Configurations: {self.configs}')
+
         var_dict_list, states_lists, Ts, Ns, eps, configs_structs, env_processes_list, partial_state_updates, simulation_execs = \
             [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], []
         config_idx = 0
-        print(self.configs)
+
         for x in self.configs:
 
             Ts.append(x.sim_config['T'])
diff --git a/cadCAD/engine/simulation.py b/cadCAD/engine/simulation.py
index c5818a4..32e9c5b 100644
--- a/cadCAD/engine/simulation.py
+++ b/cadCAD/engine/simulation.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from pprint import pprint
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Tuple
 from pathos.pools import ThreadPool as TPool
 from copy import deepcopy
@@ -170,9 +169,6 @@ class Executor:
 
         time_step += 1
 
-        pprint(states_list)
-        print()
-
         return states_list
 
     # state_update_pipeline