diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 734896f..2296cad 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ tests/
 sasjs/
 .vscode/
 .github/
+main.dox
+make_singlefile.sh
+*.md
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..158f42e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# CHANGELOG
+
+As the changes are managed automatically in github, we don't generate an additional changelog.  To view the fixes/features in each release, check out the releases page below:
+
+[https://github.com/sasjs/core/releases](https://github.com/sasjs/core/releases)