diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+#  (2019-05-23)
+
+This is the first proper release of `ioes`. In preparation for go 1.13, in which `go.mod` files and go modules are the primary way to handle go dependencies, we are going to do an official release of all our modules. This will be version v0.1.0 of `ioes`.
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **spinner:** direct spinner to stderr instead of stdout ([d32c227](https://github.com/qri-io/ioes/commit/d32c227))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **ioes:** ioes package for stream standardization ([5f0bbae](https://github.com/qri-io/ioes/commit/5f0bbae))
+* **PrintErr:** add method for printing to error output ([0c44c82](https://github.com/qri-io/ioes/commit/0c44c82))
+
+
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+# Let's keep all our changelog commands the same across all our packages:
+update-changelog:
+	conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+module github.com/qri-io/ioes
+
+go 1.12
+
+require (
+	github.com/briandowns/spinner v0.0.0-20190319032542-ac46072a5a91
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
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+github.com/briandowns/spinner v0.0.0-20190319032542-ac46072a5a91 h1:GMmnK0dvr0Sf0gx3DvTbln0c8DE07B7sPVD9dgHOqo4=
+github.com/briandowns/spinner v0.0.0-20190319032542-ac46072a5a91/go.mod h1:hw/JEQBIE+c/BLI4aKM8UU8v+ZqrD3h7HC27kKt8JQU=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0 h1:DkWD4oS2D8LGGgTQ6IvwJJXSL5Vp2ffcQg58nFV38Ys=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.1 h1:G1f5SKeVxmagw/IyvzvtZE4Gybcc4Tr1tf7I8z0XgOg=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.1/go.mod h1:FuOcm+DKB9mbwrcAfNl7/TZVBZ6rcnceauSikq3lYCQ=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.5/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8 h1:HLtExJ+uU2HOZ+wI0Tt5DtUDrx8yhUqDcp7fYERX4CE=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190222072716-a9d3bda3a223/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=