diff --git a/CRAN-RELEASE b/CRAN-RELEASE
index ad5feef..c8019de 100644
--- a/CRAN-RELEASE
+++ b/CRAN-RELEASE
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-This package was submitted to CRAN on 2020-06-25.
-Once it is accepted, delete this file and tag the release (commit e11af077e1).
+This package was submitted to CRAN on 2020-07-09.
+Once it is accepted, delete this file and tag the release (commit 042d9a2d32).
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 02d8cbc..f41ba40 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: tidytuesdayR
 Type: Package
 Title: Access the Weekly 'TidyTuesday' Project Dataset
-Version: 1.0.1
+Version: 1.0.1.9000
 Authors@R: 
     c(
       person(
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2b6a47e..ec61288 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# tidytuesdayR (development version)
+
 # tidytuesdayR 1.0.1
 
 * [feature] Provide a template Rmd for users, populated with date and proper `tt_load` call
diff --git a/R/github_api.R b/R/github_api.R
index 48ddd49..6a9c733 100644
--- a/R/github_api.R
+++ b/R/github_api.R
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ check_connectivity <- function(rerun = FALSE){
   #if internet connection is not set or is false, lets try again
   if(!getOption("tidytuesdayR.tt_testing", FALSE)){
     if(is.na(internet_connection) | !internet_connection | rerun){
-      res <- try(GET("https:/api.github.com"), silent = TRUE)
+      res <- try(GET("https://api.github.com"), silent = TRUE)
       if(inherits(res,"try-error")){
         options("tidytuesdayR.tt_internet_connectivity" = FALSE)
       }else{
diff --git a/R/tt_download.R b/R/tt_download.R
index d479913..5c18d98 100644
--- a/R/tt_download.R
+++ b/R/tt_download.R
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 #'
 #' Download all or specific files identified in the tt dataset
 #'
-#' @param tt string representation of the date of data to pull, in YYYY-MM-dd
-#' format, or just numeric entry for year
+#' @param tt a `tt` object, output from \code{\link{tt_load_gh}}
 #' @param files List the file names to download. Default to asking.
 #' @param ... pass methods to the parsing functions. These will be passed to
 #' ALL files, so be careful.
diff --git a/R/tt_download_file.R b/R/tt_download_file.R
index 12b9ade..c9dd3c0 100644
--- a/R/tt_download_file.R
+++ b/R/tt_download_file.R
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ tt_download_file.character <-
         auth = auth
       )
 
-    tt_parse_blob(blob, file_info = file_info[file_info$data_file == x,])
+    tt_parse_blob(blob, file_info = file_info[file_info$data_file == x,], ...)
 
   } else {
     stop(paste0(
diff --git a/man/tt_download.Rd b/man/tt_download.Rd
index 02dbefc..d48bc74 100644
--- a/man/tt_download.Rd
+++ b/man/tt_download.Rd
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ Download all or specific files identified in the tt dataset}
 tt_download(tt, files = c("All"), ..., branch = "master", auth = github_pat())
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{tt}{string representation of the date of data to pull, in YYYY-MM-dd
-format, or just numeric entry for year}
+\item{tt}{a `tt` object, output from \code{\link{tt_load_gh}}}
 
 \item{files}{List the file names to download. Default to asking.}