diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e75559c..d40ed6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <img src="https://readthedocs.org/projects/quantumdna/badge/?version=latest"
             alt="Documentation Status"></a>
     <a href="https://github.com/dehe1011/QuantumDNA/releases">
-        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.1.6-blue"
+        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.1.7-blue"
             alt="Release"></a>
     <a href='https://coveralls.io/github/dehe1011/QuantumDNA?branch=main'>
         <img src='https://coveralls.io/repos/github/dehe1011/QuantumDNA/badge.svg?branch=main'
diff --git a/qDNA/__init__.py b/qDNA/__init__.py
index 437235b..c309d90 100644
--- a/qDNA/__init__.py
+++ b/qDNA/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.6"
+__version__ = "0.1.7"
 
 import pathlib
 import os
diff --git a/qDNA/dynamics/solver.py b/qDNA/dynamics/solver.py
index 92fbcb1..6062c99 100644
--- a/qDNA/dynamics/solver.py
+++ b/qDNA/dynamics/solver.py
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ def get_me_solver(upper_strand, tb_model_name, **kwargs):
     """
 
     dna_seq = DNA_Seq(upper_strand, tb_model_name)
-    print(DEFAULTS)
     tb_ham = TB_Ham(dna_seq, **kwargs)
     lindblad_diss = Lindblad_Diss(tb_ham, **kwargs)
     me_solver = ME_Solver(tb_ham, lindblad_diss, **kwargs)
diff --git a/qDNA/hamiltonian/tb_ham.py b/qDNA/hamiltonian/tb_ham.py
index cb38db0..14baa8c 100644
--- a/qDNA/hamiltonian/tb_ham.py
+++ b/qDNA/hamiltonian/tb_ham.py
@@ -120,9 +120,7 @@ def __init__(self, dna_seq, **ham_kwargs):
         # check inputs
         assert isinstance(dna_seq, DNA_Seq), "dna_seq must be an instance of DNA_Seq"
         self.ham_kwargs = copy.copy(DEFAULTS["ham_kwargs_default"])
-        print(DEFAULTS)
         self.ham_kwargs.update(ham_kwargs)
-        print(DEFAULTS)
         check_ham_kwargs(**self.ham_kwargs)
         self.verbose = DEFAULTS["verbose"]
         if self.verbose: