diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1504ad6..0cb4cfe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ Windows:
 clone or [download GitHub repository](https://github.com/felixlohmeier/openrefine-batch/archive/master.zip) to get example data
 
 ```
-./openrefine-batch.sh examples/powerhouse-museum/input/ examples/powerhouse-museum/config/ examples/powerhouse-museum/output/ examples/powerhouse-museum/cross/ 4G tsv --processQuotes=false --guessCellValueTypes=true
+./openrefine-batch.sh examples/powerhouse-museum/input/ examples/powerhouse-museum/config/ examples/powerhouse-museum/output/ examples/powerhouse-museum/cross/ 4G 2.7rc1 tsv --processQuotes=false --guessCellValueTypes=true
 ```
 
 #### Options
 
 ```
-./openrefine-batch.sh $inputdir $configdir $outputdir $crossdir $ram $inputformat $inputoptions
+./openrefine-batch.sh $inputdir $configdir $outputdir $crossdir $ram $version $inputformat $inputoptions
 ```
 
 1. inputdir: path to directory with source files (multiple files may be imported into a single project [by providing a zip or tar.gz archive](https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/wiki/Importers))
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ clone or [download GitHub repository](https://github.com/felixlohmeier/openrefin
 3. outputdir: path to directory for exported files (and OpenRefine workspace)
 4. crossdir: path to directory with additional OpenRefine projects (will be copied to workspace before transformation step to support the [cross function](https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/wiki/GREL-Other-Functions#crosscell-c-string-projectname-string-columnname))
 5. ram: maximum RAM for OpenRefine java heap space (default: 4G)
-6. inputformat: csv, tsv, xml, json, line-based, fixed-width, xlsx or ods
-7. inputoptions: several options provided by [openrefine-client](https://hub.docker.com/r/felixlohmeier/openrefine-client/)
+6. version: OpenRefine version (2.7rc1, 2.6rc2, 2.6rc1, dev)
+7. inputformat: csv, tsv, xml, json, line-based, fixed-width, xlsx or ods
+8. inputoptions: several options provided by [openrefine-client](https://hub.docker.com/r/felixlohmeier/openrefine-client/)
 
 inputoptions (mandatory for xml, json, fixed-width, xslx, ods):
 * `--recordPath=RECORDPATH` (xml, json): please provide path in multiple arguments without slashes, e.g. /collection/record/ should be entered like this: `--recordPath=collection --recordPath=record`
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ more inputoptions (optional, only together with inputformat):
 The script uses `docker attach` to print log messages from OpenRefine server and `ps` to show statistics for each step. Here is a sample log:
 
 ```
-[03:27 felix ~/openrefine-batch (master *)]$ ./openrefine-batch.sh examples/powerhouse-museum/input/ examples/powerhouse-museum/config/ examples/powerhouse-museum/output/ examples/powerhouse-museum/cross/ 4G tsv --processQuotes=false --guessCellValueTypes=true
+[03:27 felix ~/openrefine-batch (master *)]$ ./openrefine-batch.sh examples/powerhouse-museum/input/ examples/powerhouse-museum/config/ examples/powerhouse-museum/output/ examples/powerhouse-museum/cross/ 4G 2.7rc1 tsv --processQuotes=false --guessCellValueTypes=true
 Input directory:        /home/felix/openrefine-batch/examples/powerhouse-museum/input
 Input files:            phm-collection.tsv
 Input format:           --format=tsv
diff --git a/openrefine-batch.sh b/openrefine-batch.sh
index 47e270d..7462e13 100755
--- a/openrefine-batch.sh
+++ b/openrefine-batch.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# openrefine-batch.sh, Felix Lohmeier, v0.2, 27.02.2017
+# openrefine-batch.sh, Felix Lohmeier, v0.3, 27.02.2017
 # https://github.com/felixlohmeier/openrefine-batch
 
 # user input
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if [ -z "$1" ]
     exit 2
   else
     inputdir=$(readlink -f $1)
-    inputfiles=($(find ${inputdir}/* -type f -printf "%f\n"))
+    inputfiles=($(find -L ${inputdir}/* -type f -printf "%f\n"))
 fi
 if [ -z "$2" ]
   then
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ if [ -z "$2" ]
     exit 2
   else
     configdir=$(readlink -f $2)
-    jsonfiles=($(find ${configdir}/* -type f -printf "%f\n"))
+    jsonfiles=($(find -L ${configdir}/* -type f -printf "%f\n"))
 fi
 if [ -z "$3" ]
   then
     echo 1>&2 "please provide path to output directory"
     exit 2
   else
-    outputdir=$(readlink -f $3)
+    outputdir=$(readlink -m $3)
     mkdir -p ${outputdir}
 fi
 if [ -z "$4" ]
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if [ -z "$4" ]
     exit 2
   else
     crossdir=$(readlink -f $4)
-    crossprojects=($(find ${crossdir}/* -maxdepth 0 -type d -printf "%f\n"))
+    crossprojects=($(find -L ${crossdir}/* -maxdepth 0 -type d -printf "%f\n"))
 fi
 if [ -z "$5" ]
   then
@@ -43,19 +43,24 @@ if [ -z "$5" ]
 fi
 if [ -z "$6" ]
   then
-    inputformat=""
+    version="2.7rc1"
   else
-    inputformat="--format=${6}"
+    version="$6"
 fi
 if [ -z "$7" ]
+  then
+    inputformat=""
+  else
+    inputformat="--format=${7}"
+fi
+if [ -z "$8" ]
   then
     inputoptions=""
   else
-    inputoptions=( "$7" "$8" "$9" "${10}" "${11}" "${12}" "${13}" "${14}" "${15}" "${16}" "${17}" "${18}" "${19}" "${20}" )
+    inputoptions=( "$8" "$9" "${10}" "${11}" "${12}" "${13}" "${14}" "${15}" "${16}" "${17}" "${18}" "${19}" "${20}" )
 fi
 
 # variables
-version="2.7rc1"
 uuid=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid)
 echo "Input directory:        $inputdir"
 echo "Input files:            ${inputfiles[@]}"