diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0828a4e..40f2660 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: ghqc
 Title: Manage QC via GitHub Issues using Shiny Apps
-Version: 0.1.6
+Version: 0.1.7
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Anne", "Zheng", email = "anne@a2-ai.com", role = c("aut")),
     person("Jenna", "Johnson", email = "jenna@a2-ai.com", role = c("aut")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index f014cd7..1fabf31 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# ghqc 0.1.7
+
+- typo found in `setup_ghqc` related to the info repo global variable. No performance change
+
 # ghqc 0.1.6
 
 - remove version limits for dependencies. Tested version limits down to snapshot date of 2022-08-31
diff --git a/R/interactive_setup.R b/R/interactive_setup.R
index 9193dc9..0f5c5a0 100644
--- a/R/interactive_setup.R
+++ b/R/interactive_setup.R
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ interactive_info <- function(renv_text) {
     cli::cli_inform(c(" ", "GHQC_INFO_REPO is not set in your ~/.Renviron"))
     info_read <- readline("Provide the URL to the configuring information repository: ")
   } else {
-    cli::cli_inform(c(" ", "GITHUB_INFO_REPO is set to {info$val} in your ~/.Renviron"))
+    cli::cli_inform(c(" ", "GHQC_INFO_REPO is set to {info$val} in your ~/.Renviron"))
     info_read <- readline(glue::glue("Customizing Information Repository ({info$val}) "))
     if (info_read == "") info_read <- info$val
   }