diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index 1fec0ea1..9a7ec733 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "contributors": [
     {
       "login": "CerenB",
-      "name": "CerenB",
+      "name": "Ceren Battal",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/10451654?v=4",
       "profile": "https://github.com/CerenB",
       "contributions": [
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     },
     {
       "login": "marcobarilari",
-      "name": "marcobarilari",
+      "name": "Marco Barilari",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/38101692?v=4",
       "profile": "https://github.com/marcobarilari",
       "contributions": [
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     },
     {
       "login": "iqrashahzad14",
-      "name": "iqrashahzad14",
+      "name": "Iqra Shahzad",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/75671348?v=4",
       "profile": "https://github.com/iqrashahzad14",
       "contributions": [
diff --git a/checkCppBidsDependencies.m b/checkCppBidsDependencies.m
index e31fc39a..fa27ad95 100644
--- a/checkCppBidsDependencies.m
+++ b/checkCppBidsDependencies.m
@@ -1,65 +1,16 @@
-% (C) Copyright 2020 CPP_BIDS developers
-
 function checkCppBidsDependencies(cfg)
-    %
-    % Adds dependencies to the Matlab / Octave path and make sure we got all of them.
-    %
-    % USAGE::
-    %
-    %   checkCppBidsDependencies(cfg)
-    %
-    % :param cfg: Configuration. See ``checkCFG()``.
-    % :type cfg: structure
-
-    if nargin < 1
-        cfg.verbose = 2;
-    end
-
-    global CPP_BIDS_INITIALIZED
-
-    if isempty(CPP_BIDS_INITIALIZED)
-
-        GITHUB_WORKSPACE = getenv('GITHUB_WORKSPACE');
-
-        if strcmp(GITHUB_WORKSPACE, '/github/workspace')
-
-            pth = GITHUB_WORKSPACE;
-            addpath(genpath(fullfile(pth, 'lib')));
-
-        elseif isempty(GITHUB_WORKSPACE)  % local
+    % (C) Copyright 2020 CPP_BIDS developers
 
-            pth = fullfile(fileparts(mfilename('fullpath')));
-
-            addpath(pth);
-
-            checkSubmodule(fullfile(pth, 'lib', 'JSONio'));
-            checkSubmodule(fullfile(pth, 'lib', 'bids-matlab'));
-
-            addpath(genpath(fullfile(pth, 'src')));
-
-        end
-
-        printCreditsCppBids(cfg);
-
-        CPP_BIDS_INITIALIZED = true();
-
-    else
-        if ~isfield(cfg, 'versbose') || cfg.verbose
-            fprintf(1, '\n\nCPP_BIDS already initialized\n\n');
-        end
+    warning(sprintf(['\n\nDEPRECATION WARNING:\n', ...
+                     '"checkCppBidsDependencies" is deprecated ', ...
+                     'and will be removed in a future release.\n', ...
+                     '\nPlease use "cpp_bids(''init'')" instead.'])); %#ok<SPWRN>
 
+    verbose = false;
+    if nargin > 0 && ~isempty(cfg) && isfield(cfg, 'verbose') && ~isempty(cfg.verbose)
+        verbose = cfg.verbose;
     end
 
-end
+    cpp_bids('init', 'verbose', verbose);
 
-function checkSubmodule(pth)
-    % If external dir is empty throw an exception
-    % and ask user to update submodules.
-    if numel(dir(pth)) <= 2 % Means that the external is empty
-        error(['Git submodules are not cloned!', ...
-               'Try this in your terminal:', ...
-               ' git submodule update --recursive ']);
-    else
-        addpath(pth);
-    end
 end
diff --git a/cpp_bids.m b/cpp_bids.m
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73f60791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp_bids.m
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+function cpp_bids(varargin)
+    %
+    % General intro function for CPP BIDS
+    %
+    % USAGE::
+    %
+    %   cpp_bids
+    %   cpp_bids('init')
+    %   cpp_bids('uninit')
+    %   cpp_bids('dev')
+    %
+    % :param action:
+    % :type action: string
+    %
+    % :returns: - :action: (type) (dimension)
+    %
+    % Example::
+    %
+    % (C) Copyright 2022 CPP_BIDS developers
+
+    p = inputParser;
+
+    defaultAction = 'init';
+
+    addOptional(p, 'action', defaultAction, @ischar);
+    addParameter(p, 'verbose', true);
+
+    parse(p, varargin{:});
+
+    action = p.Results.action;
+    verbose = p.Results.verbose;
+
+    switch lower(action)
+
+        case 'init'
+
+            initCppBids(verbose);
+
+        case 'uninit'
+
+            uninitCppBids();
+
+        case 'run_tests'
+
+            runTests();
+
+    end
+
+end
+
+function initCppBids(verbose)
+    %
+    % Adds the relevant folders to the path for a given session.
+    % Has to be run to be able to use CPP_BIDS.
+    %
+    % USAGE::
+    %
+    %   initCppPtb()
+    %
+    % (C) Copyright 2022 CPP_BIDS developers
+
+    thisDirectory = fileparts(mfilename('fullpath'));
+
+    global CPP_BIDS_INITIALIZED
+    global CPP_BIDS_PATHS
+
+    if isempty(CPP_BIDS_INITIALIZED)
+
+        pathSep = ':';
+        if ~isunix
+            pathSep = ';';
+        end
+
+        CPP_BIDS_PATHS = fullfile(thisDirectory);
+        CPP_BIDS_PATHS = cat(2, CPP_BIDS_PATHS, ...
+                             pathSep, ...
+                             genpath(fullfile(thisDirectory, 'src')));
+        assert(isdir(fullfile(thisDirectory, 'lib', 'bids-matlab', '+bids')));
+        CPP_BIDS_PATHS = cat(2, CPP_BIDS_PATHS, pathSep, ...
+                             fullfile(thisDirectory, 'lib', 'bids-matlab'));
+        assert(isdir(fullfile(thisDirectory, 'lib', 'JSONio')));
+        CPP_BIDS_PATHS = cat(2, CPP_BIDS_PATHS, pathSep, ...
+                             fullfile(thisDirectory, 'lib', 'JSONio'));
+
+        addpath(CPP_BIDS_PATHS, '-begin');
+
+        CPP_BIDS_INITIALIZED = true();
+
+        detectCppBids();
+
+        if verbose
+            printCreditsCppBids();
+        end
+
+    else
+        if verbose
+            fprintf('\n\nCPP_BIDS already initialized\n\n');
+        end
+
+    end
+
+end
+
+function detectCppBids()
+
+    workflowsDir = cellstr(which('saveEventsFile.m', '-ALL'));
+
+    if isempty(workflowsDir)
+        error('CPP_BIDS is not in your MATLAB / Octave path.\n');
+
+    elseif numel(workflowsDir) > 1
+        fprintf('CPP_BIDS seems to appear in several different folders:\n');
+        for i = 1:numel(workflowsDir)
+            fprintf('  * %s\n', fullfile(workflowsDir{i}, '..', '..'));
+        end
+        error('Remove all but one with ''pathtool'' .\n'); % or ''spm_rmpath
+
+    end
+end
+
+function uninitCppBids()
+    %
+    % Removes the added folders from the path for a given session.
+    %
+    % USAGE::
+    %
+    %   uninitCppPtb()
+    %
+    % (C) Copyright 2021 CPP_BIDS developers
+
+    global CPP_BIDS_INITIALIZED
+    global CPP_BIDS_PATHS
+
+    if isempty(CPP_BIDS_INITIALIZED) || ~CPP_BIDS_INITIALIZED
+        fprintf('\n\nCPP_BIDS not initialized\n\n');
+        return
+
+    else
+        rmpath(CPP_BIDS_PATHS);
+
+        if isOctave
+            clear -g;
+        else
+            clearvars -GLOBAL;
+        end
+
+    end
+
+end
+
+function retval = isOctave()
+    %
+    % Returns true if the environment is Octave.
+    %
+    % USAGE::
+    %
+    %   retval = isOctave()
+    %
+    % :returns: :retval: (boolean)
+    %
+    % (C) Copyright 2020 Agah Karakuzu
+    % (C) Copyright 2022 CPP_BIDS developers
+
+    persistent cacheval   % speeds up repeated calls
+
+    if isempty (cacheval)
+        cacheval = (exist ('OCTAVE_VERSION', 'builtin') > 0);
+    end
+
+    retval = cacheval;
+end
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 1e7b4ec9..a8f6c34a 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -12,17 +12,19 @@
 #
 import os
 import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../..'))
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../.."))
 
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
-project = 'CPP BIDS'
-copyright = '2020, the CPP BIDS dev team'
-author = 'the CPP BIDS dev team'
+project = "CPP BIDS"
+copyright = "2020, the CPP BIDS dev team"
+author = "the CPP BIDS dev team"
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = 'v2.1.2dev'
+with open("../../version.txt", encoding="utf-8") as version_file:
+    release = version_file.read()
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
@@ -31,13 +33,16 @@
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
 extensions = [
-    'sphinxcontrib.matlab',
-    'sphinx.ext.autodoc']
-matlab_src_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath('../../src'))
-primary_domain = 'mat'
+    "sphinxcontrib.matlab",
+    "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
+    "myst_parser",
+    "sphinx_copybutton",
+]
+matlab_src_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath("../../src"))
+primary_domain = "mat"
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
-templates_path = ['_templates']
+templates_path = ["_templates"]
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
@@ -45,13 +50,13 @@
 exclude_patterns = []
 
 # The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
-pygments_style = 'sphinx'
+pygments_style = "sphinx"
 
 # The master toctree document.
-master_doc = 'index'
+master_doc = "index"
 
 # source_suffix = ['.rst', '.md']
-source_suffix = '.rst'
+source_suffix = ".rst"
 
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
@@ -59,14 +64,14 @@
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
 #
-html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
+html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ['_static']
+html_static_path = ["_static"]
 
-html_logo = '_static/cpp_lab_logo.png'
+html_logo = "_static/cpp_lab_logo.png"
 
 # html_theme_options = {
 #     'github_user': 'cpp-lln-lab',
@@ -81,11 +86,11 @@
 # }
 
 html_sidebars = {
-    '**': [
-        'about.html',
-        'navigation.html',
-        'relations.html',  # needs 'show_related': True theme option to display
-        'searchbox.html',
-        'donate.html',
+    "**": [
+        "about.html",
+        "navigation.html",
+        "relations.html",  # needs 'show_related': True theme option to display
+        "searchbox.html",
+        "donate.html",
     ]
 }
diff --git a/lib/bids-matlab b/lib/bids-matlab
index 5d020cdb..5ee025ce 160000
--- a/lib/bids-matlab
+++ b/lib/bids-matlab
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5d020cdba87f80116cf6c3b15d713b5b45513e4d
+Subproject commit 5ee025ce38faec001c08b21549d7643f70f810f2
diff --git a/miss_hit.cfg b/miss_hit.cfg
index f1d57c50..fb999aaa 100644
--- a/miss_hit.cfg
+++ b/miss_hit.cfg
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 project_root
 
 line_length: 100
-regex_function_name: "[a-z]+(([A-Z]){1}[A-Za-z]+)*"
+regex_function_name: "[a-z]+(_*[a-zA-Z0-9]+[a-z]*)*"
 regex_parameter_name: "[a-z0-9]+(([A-Z]){1}[A-Za-z]+)*"
 
 exclude_dir: "lib"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 258f423e..54ae83ad 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ Sphinx
 sphinxcontrib-matlabdomain
 sphinxcontrib-napoleon
 sphinx_rtd_theme
+myst-parser
+sphinx-copybutton
+
 miss_hit==0.9.29
+pre-commit
+
 notebook
 octave_kernel
diff --git a/runTests.m b/runTests.m
index 3639e3e6..575d87f4 100644
--- a/runTests.m
+++ b/runTests.m
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ function runTests()
     cd(thisPath);
     fprintf('\nHome is %s\n', getenv('HOME'));
 
-    warning('OFF');
+    warning off;
+    more off;
 
     addpath(fullfile(thisPath, 'lib', 'JSONio'));
     addpath(fullfile(thisPath, 'lib', 'bids-matlab'));
diff --git a/src/checkCFG.m b/src/checkCFG.m
index 337bbb81..6978566a 100644
--- a/src/checkCFG.m
+++ b/src/checkCFG.m
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 
     checkCppBidsDependencies(cfg);
 
-    fieldsToSet.verbose = 0;
+    fieldsToSet.verbose = false;
 
     fieldsToSet.useGUI = false;
 
diff --git a/src/miss_hit.cfg b/src/miss_hit.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60146889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/miss_hit.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# camelCase
+regex_function_name: "[a-z]+([A-Z0-9]+[a-z]*)*"
diff --git a/src/utils/getVersion.m b/src/utils/getVersion.m
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e1e0e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/getVersion.m
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+function versionNumber = getVersion()
+    %
+    % Reads the version number of the pipeline from the txt file in the root of the
+    % repository.
+    %
+    % USAGE::
+    %
+    %   versionNumber = getVersion()
+    %
+    % :returns: :versionNumber: (string) Use semantic versioning format (like v0.1.0)
+    %
+    % (C) Copyright 2022 CPP_BIDS developers
+
+    try
+        versionNumber = fileread(fullfile(fileparts(mfilename('fullpath')), ...
+                                          '..', '..', 'version.txt'));
+    catch
+
+        versionNumber = 'v2.1.2dev ';
+
+    end
+
+    % dirty hack to get rid of line return
+    versionNumber = versionNumber(1:end - 1);
+end
diff --git a/src/utils/printCreditsCppBids.m b/src/utils/printCreditsCppBids.m
index c11f9aa5..3856482f 100644
--- a/src/utils/printCreditsCppBids.m
+++ b/src/utils/printCreditsCppBids.m
@@ -12,25 +12,30 @@ function printCreditsCppBids(cfg)
     %
     % (C) Copyright 2020 CPP_BIDS developers
 
-    try
-        version = fileread(fullfile(fileparts(mfilename('fullpath')), ...
-                                    '..', '..', 'version.txt'));
-    catch
-        version = 'v1.0.0';
-    end
+    version = getVersion();
 
     verbose = 2;
-    if ~isempty(cfg) && isfield(cfg, 'verbose') && ~isempty(cfg.verbose)
+    if nargin > 0 && ~isempty(cfg) && isfield(cfg, 'verbose') && ~isempty(cfg.verbose)
         verbose = cfg.verbose;
     end
 
-    if verbose > 1
+    try
+
+        content = bids.util.jsondecode(fullfile(returnRootDir(), '.all-contributorsrc'));
+        contributors = {content.contributors.name}';
+        contributors = contributors(randperm(numel(contributors)));
+        contributors = cat(1, contributors, 'Why not be the next?');
 
-        contributors = { ...
-                        'Remi Gau', ...
-                        'Marco Barilari', ...
-                        'Ceren Battal', ...
-                        'Tomas Lenc'};
+    catch
+
+        contributors =          {'Remi Gau', ...
+                                 'Marco Barilari', ...
+                                 'Ceren Battal', ...
+                                 'Tomas Lenc', ...
+                                 'Iqra Shahzad'};
+    end
+
+    if verbose > 1
 
         DOI_URL = 'https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4007674';
 
diff --git a/src/utils/returnRootDir.m b/src/utils/returnRootDir.m
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cdfe562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/returnRootDir.m
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+function rootDir = returnRootDir()
+    %
+    % USAGE::
+    %
+    %   rootDir = returnRootDir()
+    %
+    % (C) Copyright 2022 CPP_BIDS developers
+
+    Mfile = 'cpp_bids.m';
+    rootDir = cellstr(which(Mfile, '-ALL'));
+
+    % convert to absolute paths and keep unique ones
+    for i = 1:numel(rootDir)
+        rootDir{i} = spm_file(fullfile(fileparts(rootDir{i})), 'cpath');
+    end
+
+    rootDir = unique(rootDir);
+
+    if isempty(rootDir)
+        err.message = 'CPP_BIDS is not in your MATLAB / Octave path.\n';
+        err.identifier = 'CPP_BIDS:CppBidsNotInPath';
+        error(err);
+
+    elseif numel(rootDir) > 1
+        fprintf('CPP_BIDS seems to appear in several different folders:\n');
+        for i = 1:numel(rootDir)
+            fprintf('  * %s\n', fullfile(rootDir{i}, '..', '..'));
+        end
+        err.message = 'Remove all but one with ''pathtool''.\n'; % or ''spm_rmpath
+        err.identifier = 'CPP_BIDS:SeveralCppSpmInPath';
+        error(err);
+
+    end
+
+    rootDir = rootDir{1};
+
+end
diff --git a/tests/test_checkCFG.m b/tests/test_checkCFG.m
index 80cf37e2..6745be89 100644
--- a/tests/test_checkCFG.m
+++ b/tests/test_checkCFG.m
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function test_checkCfgDefault()
 
     %% set up
     cfg.dir.output = fullfile(fileparts(mfilename('fullpath')), '..', 'output');
-    cfg.verbose = 0;
+    cfg.verbose = false;
     cfg = checkCFG(cfg);
 
     %% create test data
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function test_checkCfgBasic()
     %% set up
     outputDir = fullfile(fileparts(mfilename('fullpath')), '..', 'output');
 
-    cfg.verbose = 0;
+    cfg.verbose = false;
 
     cfg.subject.subjectNb = 1;
     cfg.subject.runNb = 1;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function test_checkCfgBasic()
     expected.subject.subjectNb = [];
     expected.subject.ask = {'grp'; 'ses'; 'run'};
 
-    expected.verbose = 0;
+    expected.verbose = false;
 
     expected.useGUI = false;
 
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.m b/tests/test_utils.m
deleted file mode 100644
index 2dc86ee2..00000000
--- a/tests/test_utils.m
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-% (C) Copyright 2020 CPP_BIDS developers
-
-function test_suite = test_utils %#ok<*STOUT>
-    try % assignment of 'localfunctions' is necessary in Matlab >= 2016
-        test_functions = localfunctions(); %#ok<*NASGU>
-    catch % no problem; early Matlab versions can use initTestSuite fine
-    end
-    initTestSuite;
-end
-
-function test_utilsBasic()
-
-    cfg.verbose = true;
-
-    printCreditsCppBids(cfg);
-
-    checkCppBidsDependencies(cfg);
-
-end
diff --git a/tests/utils/globalTestSetUp.m b/tests/utils/globalTestSetUp.m
index 24b1d264..476d84bf 100644
--- a/tests/utils/globalTestSetUp.m
+++ b/tests/utils/globalTestSetUp.m
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     %
     % (C) Copyright 2020 CPP_BIDS developers
 
-    cfg.verbose = 0;
+    cfg.verbose = false;
     cfg.subject.subjectNb = 1;
     cfg.subject.runNb = 1;
     cfg.task.name = 'test task';