diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f54594f9017eb640d50275828d1d8924b8811846..8fa559fc7b14673c1e0376be1c7d77ec5e51bd84 100644
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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <img align="right" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FZJ-INM1-BDA/siibra-explorer/master/docs/images/siibra-explorer-square.jpeg" width="200">
 
+[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/109723444.svg)](https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/109723444)
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/siibra-explorer/badge/?version=latest)](https://siibra-explorer.readthedocs.io/)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/v2.10.2.md b/docs/releases/v2.10.2.md
index 2e0980ac593862b09b16019bea5d61518286adb6..9afb0376226931795090a4380648a8632284b5e0 100644
--- a/docs/releases/v2.10.2.md
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@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@
 - paginate feature requests to hopefully improve server performance
 - bump siibra-api version
 - fix ng layer control style pollution
+
+## Behind the scenes
+
+- added zenodo badge