diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b043d76..199fa57 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 - No new Star Trek references.
 
 #### 1.7.4
-- Changelog polarity reversed.
+- Changelog polarity reversed after heated discussions with marketing team.
+- Improved method to activate development branch updates, as added in 1.7.2. 
+- `./gravity-sync.sh dev` will now toggle dev flag on/off. No `touch` required, although it still works that way under the covers.
 
 #### 1.7.3
 - Cleaning up output of argument listing
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b5bf60..f1012e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Download the latest release from [GitHub](https://github.com/vmstan/gravity-sync
 
 ```bash
 cd ~
-wget https://github.com/vmstan/gravity-sync/archive/v1.7.3.zip
-unzip v1.7.3.zip -d gravity-sync
+wget https://github.com/vmstan/gravity-sync/archive/v1.7.4.zip
+unzip v1.7.4.zip -d gravity-sync
 cd gravity-sync
 ```
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bbf649f..3511591 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.3
\ No newline at end of file
+1.7.4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gravity-sync.sh b/gravity-sync.sh
index 0d7f08a..0520741 100755
--- a/gravity-sync.sh
+++ b/gravity-sync.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # GRAVITY SYNC BY VMSTAN #####################
 PROGRAM='Gravity Sync'
-VERSION='1.7.3'
+VERSION='1.7.4'
 
 # Execute from the home folder of the user who owns it (ex: 'cd ~/gravity-sync')
 # For documentation or downloading updates visit https://github.com/vmstan/gravity-sync
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ case $# in
 						error_validate
 				fi
 				
-				MESSAGE="Please run ${YELLOW}update${NC}"
+				MESSAGE="Please run ${YELLOW}update${NC} to apply changes"
 				echo_info
 				
 				exit_withchange