diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 62585a3..0000000
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-0.5.1: first published version.
-0.5.2: refactored code and tests.
-0.5.3: change github repo for beta
-0.8.0: migration to github, added docker images for testing
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e4e583a..dfaf6c1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-include README.md CHANGES.txt LICENSE.txt
+include README.md LICENSE.txt
 exclude MANIFEST.in
diff --git a/docker/run_python.sh b/docker/run_python.sh
index 6ad7095..39096ce 100644
--- a/docker/run_python.sh
+++ b/docker/run_python.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+retcode=0
+ping_url="https://api.rosette.com/rest/v1"
+
+#------------------ Functions ----------------------------------------------------
 #Gets called when the user doesn't provide any args
 function HELP {
-    echo -e "\nusage: source_file.py --key API_KEY [--url ALT_URL]"
+    echo -e "\nusage: --key API_KEY [--FILENAME filename] [--url ALT_URL]"
     echo "  API_KEY       - Rosette API key (required)"
     echo "  FILENAME      - Python source file (optional)"
     echo "  ALT_URL       - Alternate service URL (optional)"
@@ -12,6 +16,58 @@ function HELP {
     exit 1
 }
 
+#Checks if Rosette API key is valid
+function checkAPI {
+    match=$(curl "${ping_url}/ping" -H "X-RosetteAPI-Key: ${API_KEY}" |  grep -o "forbidden")
+    if [ ! -z $match ]; then
+        echo -e "\nInvalid Rosette API Key"
+        exit 1
+    fi  
+}
+
+function cleanURL() {
+    # strip the trailing slash off of the alt_url if necessary
+    if [ ! -z "${ALT_URL}" ]; then
+        case ${ALT_URL} in
+            */) ALT_URL=${ALT_URL::-1}
+                echo "Slash detected"
+                ;;
+        esac
+        ping_url=${ALT_URL}
+    fi
+}
+
+function validateURL() {
+    match=$(curl "${ping_url}/ping" -H "X-RosetteAPI-Key: ${API_KEY}" |  grep -o "Rosette API")
+    if [ "${match}" = "" ]; then
+        echo -e "\n${ping_url} server not responding\n"
+        exit 1
+    fi  
+}
+
+function runExample() {
+    echo -e "\n---------- ${1} start -------------"
+    result=""
+    if [ -z ${ALT_URL} ]; then
+        result="$(python ${1} --key ${API_KEY} 2>&1 )"
+    else
+        result="$(python ${1} --key ${API_KEY} --url ${ALT_URL} 2>&1 )"
+    fi
+    echo "${result}"
+    echo -e "\n---------- ${1} end -------------"
+    if [[ "${result}" == *"Exception"* ]]; then
+        echo "Exception found"
+        retcode=1
+    elif [[ "$result" == *"processingFailure"* ]]; then
+        retcode=1
+    elif [[ "$result" == *"AttributeError"* ]]; then
+        retcode=1
+    elif [[ "$result" == *"ImportError"* ]]; then
+        retcode=1
+    fi
+}
+#------------------ Functions End ------------------------------------------------
+
 #Gets API_KEY, FILENAME and ALT_URL if present
 while getopts ":API_KEY:FILENAME:ALT_URL:GIT_USERNAME:VERSION" arg; do
     case "${arg}" in
@@ -37,33 +93,11 @@ while getopts ":API_KEY:FILENAME:ALT_URL:GIT_USERNAME:VERSION" arg; do
             ;;
     esac
 done
-ping_url="https://api.rosette.com/rest/v1"
 
-# strip the trailing slash off of the alt_url if necessary
-if [ ! -z "${ALT_URL}" ]; then
-    case ${ALT_URL} in
-        */) ALT_URL=${ALT_URL::-1}
-            echo "Slash detected"
-            ;;
-    esac
-    ping_url=${ALT_URL}
-fi
+cleanURL
 
-#Checks for valid url
-match=$(curl "${ping_url}/ping" -H "X-RosetteAPI-Key: ${API_KEY}" |  grep -o "Rosette API")
-if [ "${match}" = "" ]; then
-    echo -e "\n${ping_url} server not responding\n"
-    exit 1
-fi  
+validateURL
 
-#Checks if Rosette API key is valid
-function checkAPI {
-    match=$(curl "${ping_url}/ping" -H "X-RosetteAPI-Key: ${API_KEY}" |  grep -o "forbidden")
-    if [ ! -z $match ]; then
-        echo -e "\nInvalid Rosette API Key"
-        exit 1
-    fi  
-}
 
 #Copy the mounted content in /source to current WORKDIR
 cp -r -n /source/* .
@@ -75,15 +109,11 @@ if [ ! -z ${API_KEY} ]; then
     python /python-dev/setup.py install
     cd /python-dev/examples
     if [ ! -z ${FILENAME} ]; then
-        if [ ! -z ${ALT_URL} ]; then
-            python ${FILENAME} --key ${API_KEY} --url ${ALT_URL}
-        else
-            python ${FILENAME} --key ${API_KEY}
-        fi
+        runExample ${FILENAME}
     elif [ ! -z ${ALT_URL} ]; then
-        find -maxdepth 1  -name '*.py' -print -exec python {} --key ${API_KEY} --url ${ALT_URL} \;
-    else
-        find -maxdepth 1  -name '*.py' -print -exec python {} --key ${API_KEY} \;
+        for file in *.py; do
+            runExample ${file}
+        done
     fi
 else 
     HELP
@@ -109,3 +139,5 @@ if [ ! -z ${GIT_USERNAME} ] && [ ! -z ${VERSION} ]; then
     git commit -a -m "publish python apidocs ${VERSION}"
     git push
 fi
+
+exit ${retcode}
diff --git a/examples/docker/run_python.sh b/examples/docker/run_python.sh
index ca33f6d..503443d 100644
--- a/examples/docker/run_python.sh
+++ b/examples/docker/run_python.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+retcode=0
+ping_url="https://api.rosette.com/rest/v1"
+
+#------------------ Functions ----------------------------------------------------
+
 #Gets called when the user doesn't provide any args
 function HELP {
     echo -e "\nusage: source_file.py --key API_KEY [--url ALT_URL]"
@@ -10,6 +15,59 @@ function HELP {
     exit 1
 }
 
+#Checks if Rosette API key is valid
+function checkAPI() {
+    match=$(curl "${ping_url}/ping" -H "X-RosetteAPI-Key: ${API_KEY}" |  grep -o "forbidden")
+    if [ ! -z $match ]; then
+        echo -e "\nInvalid Rosette API Key"
+        exit 1
+    fi  
+}
+
+function cleanURL() {
+    # strip the trailing slash off of the alt_url if necessary
+    if [ ! -z "${ALT_URL}" ]; then
+        case ${ALT_URL} in
+            */) ALT_URL=${ALT_URL::-1}
+                echo "Slash detected"
+                ;;
+        esac
+        ping_url=${ALT_URL}
+    fi
+}
+
+function validateURL() {
+    match=$(curl "${ping_url}/ping" -H "X-RosetteAPI-Key: ${API_KEY}" -H "user_key: ${API_KEY}" |  grep -o "Rosette API")
+    if [ "${match}" = "" ]; then
+        echo -e "\n${ping_url} server not responding\n"
+        exit 1
+    fi  
+}
+
+function runExample() {
+    echo -e "\n---------- ${1} start -------------"
+    result=""
+    if [ -z ${ALT_URL} ]; then
+        result="$(python ${1} --key ${API_KEY} 2>&1 )"
+    else
+        result="$(python ${1} --key ${API_KEY} --url ${ALT_URL} 2>&1 )"
+    fi
+    echo "${result}"
+    echo -e "\n---------- ${1} end -------------"
+    if [[ "${result}" == *"Exception"* ]]; then
+        echo "Exception found"
+        retcode=1
+    elif [[ "$result" == *"processingFailure"* ]]; then
+        retcode=1
+    elif [[ "$result" == *"AttributeError"* ]]; then
+        retcode=1
+    elif [[ "$result" == *"ImportError"* ]]; then
+        retcode=1
+    fi
+}
+
+#------------------ Functions End ------------------------------------------------
+
 #Gets API_KEY, FILENAME and ALT_URL if present
 while getopts ":API_KEY:FILENAME:ALT_URL" arg; do
     case "${arg}" in
@@ -27,33 +85,10 @@ while getopts ":API_KEY:FILENAME:ALT_URL" arg; do
             ;;
     esac
 done
-ping_url="https://api.rosette.com/rest/v1"
-
-# strip the trailing slash off of the alt_url if necessary
-if [ ! -z "${ALT_URL}" ]; then
-    case ${ALT_URL} in
-        */) ALT_URL=${ALT_URL::-1}
-            echo "Slash detected"
-            ;;
-    esac
-    ping_url=${ALT_URL}
-fi
 
-#Checks for valid url
-match=$(curl "${ping_url}/ping" -H "X-RosetteAPI-Key: ${API_KEY}" |  grep -o "Rosette API")
-if [ "${match}" = "" ]; then
-    echo -e "\n${ping_url} server not responding\n"
-    exit 1
-fi  
+cleanURL
 
-#Checks if Rosette API key is valid
-function checkAPI {
-    match=$(curl "${ping_url}/ping" -H "X-RosetteAPI-Key: ${API_KEY}" |  grep -o "forbidden")
-    if [ ! -z $match ]; then
-        echo -e "\nInvalid Rosette API Key"
-        exit 1
-    fi  
-}
+validateURL
 
 #Copy the examples from the mounted content in /source to current WORKDIR
 cp  /source/examples/*.* .
@@ -62,16 +97,14 @@ cp  /source/examples/*.* .
 if [ ! -z ${API_KEY} ]; then
     checkAPI
     if [ ! -z ${FILENAME} ]; then
-        if [ ! -z ${ALT_URL} ]; then
-	    python ${FILENAME} --key ${API_KEY} --url ${ALT_URL} 
-	else
-	    python ${FILENAME} --key ${API_KEY} 
-   	fi
-    elif [ ! -z ${ALT_URL} ]; then
-    	find -maxdepth 1  -name '*.py' -print -exec python {} --key ${API_KEY} --url ${ALT_URL} \;
+        runExample ${FILENAME}
     else
-	find -maxdepth 1  -name '*.py' -print -exec python {} --key ${API_KEY} \;
-    fi
+        for file in *.py; do
+            runExample ${file}
+        done
+   	fi
 else 
     HELP
 fi
+
+exit ${retcode}
diff --git a/examples/name_translation.py b/examples/name_translation.py
index 020c571..c6704e4 100644
--- a/examples/name_translation.py
+++ b/examples/name_translation.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ def run(key, altUrl='https://api.rosette.com/rest/v1/'):
     params["entityType"] = "PERSON"
     params["targetLanguage"] = "eng"
     params["targetScript"] = "Latn"
-    params["targetScheme"] = "IC"
     return api.name_translation(params)
 
 
diff --git a/rosette/__init__.py b/rosette/__init__.py
index 1011a2a..9971311 100644
--- a/rosette/__init__.py
+++ b/rosette/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 limitations under the License.
 """
 
-__version__ = '0.8.0'
+__version__ = '1.0'
diff --git a/rosette/api.py b/rosette/api.py
index 0571e49..112e82b 100644
--- a/rosette/api.py
+++ b/rosette/api.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 import requests
 
-_BINDING_VERSION = "0.10"
+_BINDING_VERSION = "1.0"
 _GZIP_BYTEARRAY = bytearray([0x1F, 0x8b, 0x08])
 N_RETRIES = 3
 HTTP_CONNECTION = None
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eccd1f9..597ef17 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def read(*filenames, **kwargs):
             buf.append(f.read())
     return sep.join(buf)
 
-long_description = read('README.md', 'CHANGES.txt')
+long_description = read('README.md')
 
 setup(name=NAME,
       author=AUTHOR,