diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 90b3800..8736b0a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,24 +1,28 @@
-	* project setup	      add github action
-	* dired-annotator.el: add basic testing
-	  		      complete logging
-			      add capability to do testing
+2023-11-21  Gunther Bachmann  <gunther.bachmann@web.de>
+        version 0.0.7
+        * project setup       add github action
+                              add Makefile
+        * dired-annotator.el: add basic testing
+                              complete logging
+                              add capability to do testing
+			      allow annotating directories
 
 2022-11-03  Gunther Bachmann  <gunther.bachmann@web.de>
-	version 0.0.6
-	* dired-annotator.el: add basic logging
-			      make initial note content configurable
-			      ignore errors when using `dired-get-filename`
-			      add function to collect/report configuration data
-	* README.org:	      add basic use cases
-	  		      add description for retrieving additional data for issue reporting
-			      add note to adjust load-path and default folder in complex configuration
+        version 0.0.6
+        * dired-annotator.el: add basic logging
+                              make initial note content configurable
+                              ignore errors when using `dired-get-filename`
+                              add function to collect/report configuration data
+        * README.org:         add basic use cases
+                              add description for retrieving additional data for issue reporting
+                              add note to adjust load-path and default folder in complex configuration
 
 2022-11-02  Gunther Bachmann  <gunther.bachmann@web.de>
-	version 0.0.5
-	* dired-annotator.el: use shell-quote-argument to pass filenames to shell commands
-	  		      early init of some hash maps
-			      fix some issues when natively compiling
-	* README.org:	      make sure to point out that the default folder for annotations should be set
+        version 0.0.5
+        * dired-annotator.el: use shell-quote-argument to pass filenames to shell commands
+                              early init of some hash maps
+                              fix some issues when natively compiling
+        * README.org:         make sure to point out that the default folder for annotations should be set
 
 2022-02-04  Gunther Bachmann  <gunther.bachmann@web.de>
         version 0.0.4
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be32002..be00296 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ compile: pkg_uuid pkg_dash_el
 
 test: compile
 	@echo "test:"
-	emacs -q -l init.test.el --batch --eval "(ert-run-tests-batch)" | tee test.out.txt
+	emacs -q -l init.test.el --batch --eval "(ert-run-tests-batch)" 2>&1 | tee test.out.txt
 
 clean:
 	rm build/ -rf
diff --git a/dired-annotator.el b/dired-annotator.el
index d9bb189..09da6cf 100644
--- a/dired-annotator.el
+++ b/dired-annotator.el
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ only valid if integration with dired narrow is activated"
 
 ;; -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- internal only
 (defvar dired-annotator-hashing-shell-command
-  "head -c 16384 %s | md5sum | sed -e 's/ *-//g'"
+  "if [ -d \"%s\" ]; then echo \"%s\"; else head -c 16384 \"%s\"; fi | md5sum | sed -e 's/ *-//g'"
   "shell command to md5 hash the first 16k of  the file")
 
 (defvar dired-annotator-read-file-information-from-annotations
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ this allows for trigger show/hide behaviour if the same command is repeated.")
 
 (defun dired-annotator--head16kmd5 (file-name)
   "get md5sum of the given FILE-NAME, taking the first SIZE bytes of the file"
-  (let* ((cmd      (format dired-annotator-hashing-shell-command (shell-quote-argument file-name)))
+  (let* ((qfname   (shell-quote-argument file-name))
+         (cmd      (format dired-annotator-hashing-shell-command  qfname qfname qfname))
          (result   (string-trim (shell-command-to-string cmd))))
     (log-message 3 "shell-command: %s" cmd)
     (log-message 3 "result: %s" result)
@@ -483,7 +484,6 @@ ABSOLUTE-FILE-NAME is the absolute file name of the annotated file"
                  (cl-incf file-count)
                  (ignore-errors
                    (when-let* ((file (dired-get-filename))
-                               (not-directory (not (file-directory-p file)))
                                (file-regular-p file)
                                (visible (not (get-text-property (line-beginning-position) 'invisible)))
                                (annotation (dired-annotator--get-annotation-for file)))