diff --git a/build/shared/changes.md b/build/shared/changes.md
index 9228a84c00..d38e406cf1 100644
--- a/build/shared/changes.md
+++ b/build/shared/changes.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 *Revision 1276 – 9 August 2021*
 
-Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the very first Processing release (revision 0001) which was first posted to be shared as part of a workshop in Japan at Musashino Art University (https://dbn.media.mit.edu/workshops/musabi/).
+Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the very first Processing release (revision 0001) which was first posted to be shared as part of a workshop in Japan at Musashino Art University (https://dbn.media.mit.edu/workshops/musabi/). This is the 277th release.
 
 The primary goal for Processing 4 is to keep everyone's code running, even as operating systems, hardware, and hairlines continue to change.
 
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 320476f9b8..fcad32dda9 100755
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -128,14 +128,16 @@ X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/4775
 X HDPI support GNOME desktop
 X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/6059
 
-
 before beta 1
 X write release notes
-_ fix up the colors
+X fix up the colors
+X look through dist files, looks like 'bin' and 'src' from Java Mode are included
+
+
+highest
 _ update the README.md in the root for alpha 6 and beta 1
 _ update https://github.com/processing/processing4/wiki/Changes-in-4.0
-_ look through dist files, looks like 'bin' and 'src' from Java Mode are included
-
+_ clean up dist files, 'bin' and 'src' from Java Mode are included, iml files, etc
 
 _ what to double-click when opening p5 projects (.pdp?)
 _   lack of a project file makes this a little bit of a headache