diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7b8339c..554d254 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: epidict
 Title: Epidemiology Data Dictionaries and Random Data Generators
-Version: 0.1.0
+Version: 0.2.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Alexander", "Spina", , "aspina@appliedepi.org", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-8425-1867")),
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Suggests:
     knitr,
     matchmaker,
     rmarkdown,
+    sitrep, 
     testthat (>= 2.1.0),
     withr
 VignetteBuilder: 
@@ -47,4 +48,4 @@ VignetteBuilder:
 Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
-RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.3
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 1825987..a84b412 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 export(dict_rename_helper)
 export(gen_data)
 export(msf_dict)
+export(msf_dict_rename_helper)
 export(read_dict)
 importFrom(clipr,write_clip)
 importFrom(dplyr,bind_rows)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e32d040..52db5c0 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# epidict 0.2.0
+* Reinstate msf_dict_rename_helper() with sitrep in DESCRIPTION suggests 
+
 # epidict 0.1.0
 * First CRAN release 
 * Separated out functions for reading dictionaries 
diff --git a/R/msf_dict_rename_helper.R b/R/msf_dict_rename_helper.R
index cf17bc4..b615cc3 100644
--- a/R/msf_dict_rename_helper.R
+++ b/R/msf_dict_rename_helper.R
@@ -1,66 +1,66 @@
-#' #' Helper for aligning your data to MSF standardised dictionaries and analysis templates.
-#' #'
-#' #' @param dictionary Specify which MSF dictionary you would like to use.
-#' #' See [msf_dict()] for options.
-#' #'
-#' #' @param copy_to_clipboard if `TRUE` (default), the rename template will be
-#' #'   copied to the user's clipboard with [clipr::write_clip()]. If `FALSE`, the
-#' #'   rename template will be printed to the user's console.
-#' #'
-#' #' @return A dplyr command used to rename columns in your data frame according
-#' #' to the dictionary
-#' #'
-#' #' @importFrom readxl read_excel
-#' #'
-#' #' @export
+#' Helper for aligning your data to MSF standardised dictionaries and analysis templates.
 #'
-#' msf_dict_rename_helper <- function(dictionary,
-#'                                    copy_to_clipboard = TRUE) {
+#' @param dictionary Specify which MSF dictionary you would like to use.
+#' See [msf_dict()] for options.
 #'
-#'   # just add dict as "empty" if not defined (for checking errors)
-#'   if (missing("dictionary")) {
-#'     dictionary <- "empty"
-#'     }
+#' @param copy_to_clipboard if `TRUE` (default), the rename template will be
+#'   copied to the user's clipboard with [clipr::write_clip()]. If `FALSE`, the
+#'   rename template will be printed to the user's console.
 #'
-#'   # define dictionary types
-#'   dict <- get_dictionary(dictionary, org = "MSF")
-#'   disease <- unlist(dict, use.names = FALSE)
-#'   is_survey <- length(dict$survey) == 1
-#'   format <- ifelse(is_survey | grepl("_intersectional", disease),
-#'                   "ODK", "DHIS2")
+#' @return A dplyr command used to rename columns in your data frame according
+#' to the dictionary
 #'
-#'   # get dictionary
-#'   dat_dict <- msf_dict(dictionary = disease, compact = TRUE)
-#'
-#'   # define the dictionary columns for variable names and variable type
-#'   varnames <- ifelse(format == "ODK", "name", "data_element_shortname")
-#'   varnames_type <- ifelse(format == "ODK", "type", "data_element_valuetype")
-#'
-#'   # remove long and short from vaccination (only one template with 2 dicts)
-#'   if (disease == "vaccination_short" | disease == "vaccination_long") {
-#'     disease  <- "vaccination"
-#'   }
-#'
-#'   # only call sitrep if it's installed
-#'   if (!requireNamespace("sitrep", quietly = TRUE)) {
-#'     stop(
-#'       "The 'sitrep' package is required for this function but is not installed.\n",
-#'       "Please install it from GitHub: R4EPI/sitrep"
-#'     )
-#'   }
-#'
-#'   # get the outbreak Rmd to check if the variable is optional or required
-#'   outbreak_file <- sitrep::available_sitrep_templates(recursive = TRUE, pattern = ".Rmd", full.names = TRUE)
-#'   outbreak_file <- grep(tolower(disease), outbreak_file, value = TRUE)[[1]]
-#'
-#'   # call the dict_rename_helper function
-#'   dict_rename_helper(
-#'     dictionary = dat_dict,
-#'     varnames = varnames,
-#'     varnames_type = varnames_type,
-#'     rmd = outbreak_file,
-#'     copy_to_clipboard = copy_to_clipboard
-#'   )
-#'
-#' }
+#' @importFrom readxl read_excel
 #'
+#' @export
+
+msf_dict_rename_helper <- function(dictionary,
+                                   copy_to_clipboard = TRUE) {
+
+  # just add dict as "empty" if not defined (for checking errors)
+  if (missing("dictionary")) {
+    dictionary <- "empty"
+    }
+
+  # define dictionary types
+  dict <- get_dictionary(dictionary, org = "MSF")
+  disease <- unlist(dict, use.names = FALSE)
+  is_survey <- length(dict$survey) == 1
+  format <- ifelse(is_survey | grepl("_intersectional", disease),
+                  "ODK", "DHIS2")
+
+  # get dictionary
+  dat_dict <- msf_dict(dictionary = disease, compact = TRUE)
+
+  # define the dictionary columns for variable names and variable type
+  varnames <- ifelse(format == "ODK", "name", "data_element_shortname")
+  varnames_type <- ifelse(format == "ODK", "type", "data_element_valuetype")
+
+  # remove long and short from vaccination (only one template with 2 dicts)
+  if (disease == "vaccination_short" | disease == "vaccination_long") {
+    disease  <- "vaccination"
+  }
+
+  # only call sitrep if it's installed
+  if (!requireNamespace("sitrep", quietly = TRUE)) {
+    stop(
+      "The 'sitrep' package is required for this function but is not installed.\n",
+      "Please install it using install.packages('sitrep)"
+    )
+  }
+
+  # get the outbreak Rmd to check if the variable is optional or required
+  outbreak_file <- sitrep::available_sitrep_templates(recursive = TRUE, pattern = ".Rmd", full.names = TRUE)
+  outbreak_file <- grep(tolower(disease), outbreak_file, value = TRUE)[[1]]
+
+  # call the dict_rename_helper function
+  dict_rename_helper(
+    dictionary = dat_dict,
+    varnames = varnames,
+    varnames_type = varnames_type,
+    rmd = outbreak_file,
+    copy_to_clipboard = copy_to_clipboard
+  )
+
+}
+
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index e42d83e..31805b8 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -7,17 +7,8 @@
 
 ## R CMD check results
 
-0 errors | 0 warnings | 1 note
+0 errors | 0 warnings | 0 note
 
-* This is a new submission to CRAN.*
-
-All URLs and metadata issues noted in the previous submission have been corrected:
-- Updated Title field to title case.
-- possible misspelled words in DESCRIPTION are correct as is. 
-- Updated all URLs to canonical HTTPS versions with trailing slashes.
-- Updated lifecycle badge link to https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#maturing.
-- Spelled out acronyms.
-- description spacing fixed and link added to describe methods 
-- value descriptions added to functions 
+- new function added for a minor release
 
 
diff --git a/man/msf_dict_rename_helper.Rd b/man/msf_dict_rename_helper.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82888ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/msf_dict_rename_helper.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/msf_dict_rename_helper.R
+\name{msf_dict_rename_helper}
+\alias{msf_dict_rename_helper}
+\title{Helper for aligning your data to MSF standardised dictionaries and analysis templates.}
+\usage{
+msf_dict_rename_helper(dictionary, copy_to_clipboard = TRUE)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{dictionary}{Specify which MSF dictionary you would like to use.
+See \code{\link[=msf_dict]{msf_dict()}} for options.}
+
+\item{copy_to_clipboard}{if \code{TRUE} (default), the rename template will be
+copied to the user's clipboard with \code{\link[clipr:write_clip]{clipr::write_clip()}}. If \code{FALSE}, the
+rename template will be printed to the user's console.}
+}
+\value{
+A dplyr command used to rename columns in your data frame according
+to the dictionary
+}
+\description{
+Helper for aligning your data to MSF standardised dictionaries and analysis templates.
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-rename_helper.R b/tests/testthat/test-rename_helper.R
index f2ce156..162efc5 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-rename_helper.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-rename_helper.R
@@ -268,149 +268,149 @@ test_that("dict_rename_helper handles clipboard operations gracefully", {
 
 # Test msf_dict_rename_helper ---------------------------------------------------
 
-# test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper validates dictionary input", {
-#   skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
-#   skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
-#
-#   expect_error(
-#     msf_dict_rename_helper(
-#       dictionary = "nonexistent_disease",
-#       copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
-#     ),
-#     "'dictionary' must be one of: 'Cholera', 'Measles', 'Meningitis', 'AJS', 'Cholera_intersectional', 'Measles_intersectional', 'Meningitis_intersectional', 'AJS_intersectional', 'Diphtheria_intersectional', 'Mortality', 'Nutrition', 'Vaccination_long', 'Vaccination_short', 'ebs'"
-#   )
-# })
-#
-# test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper works with valid outbreak dictionaries", {
-#   skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
-#   skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
-#   skip_on_cran()
-#
-#   # Test with a known outbreak dictionary
-#   outbreak_dicts <- c("Cholera", "Measles", "AJS", "Meningitis")
-#
-#   for (dict in outbreak_dicts) {
-#     # Check it runs without error
-#     expect_no_error(
-#       msf_dict_rename_helper(
-#         dictionary = dict,
-#         copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
-#       )
-#     )
-#   }
-# })
-#
-# test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper works with intersectional outbreak dictionaries", {
-#   skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
-#   skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
-#   skip_on_cran()
-#
-#   # Test with intersectional dictionaries
-#   expect_no_error(
-#     msf_dict_rename_helper(
-#       dictionary = "Cholera_intersectional",
-#       copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
-#     )
-#   )
-# })
-#
-# test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper works with survey dictionaries", {
-#   skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
-#   skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
-#   skip_on_cran()
-#
-#   # Test with survey dictionaries
-#   survey_dicts <- c("Mortality", "Nutrition", "Vaccination_long", "Vaccination_short")
-#
-#   for (dict in survey_dicts) {
-#     expect_no_error(
-#       msf_dict_rename_helper(
-#         dictionary = dict,
-#         copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
-#       )
-#     )
-#   }
-# })
-#
-# test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper uses correct varnames for format", {
-#   skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
-#   skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
-#   skip_on_cran()
-#
-#   # Capture output for DHIS2 format (e.g., Cholera)
-#   output_dhis <- capture.output(
-#     msf_dict_rename_helper(
-#       dictionary = "Cholera",
-#       copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
-#     )
-#   )
-#
-#   # For DHIS2, should use data_element_shortname as variable names
-#   # We can't directly check the internal workings, but we can verify it runs
-#   expect_true(length(output_dhis) > 0)
-#
-#   # Capture output for ODK format (e.g., Mortality)
-#   output_odk <- capture.output(
-#     msf_dict_rename_helper(
-#       dictionary = "Mortality",
-#       copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
-#     )
-#   )
-#
-#   # For ODK, should use name as variable names
-#   expect_true(length(output_odk) > 0)
-# })
-#
-# test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper handles vaccination dictionaries specially", {
-#   skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
-#   skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
-#   skip_on_cran()
-#
-#   # Both vaccination_long and vaccination_short should work
-#   expect_no_error(
-#     msf_dict_rename_helper(
-#       dictionary = "Vaccination_long",
-#       copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
-#     )
-#   )
-#
-#   expect_no_error(
-#     msf_dict_rename_helper(
-#       dictionary = "Vaccination_short",
-#       copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
-#     )
-#   )
-# })
-#
-# test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper produces valid rename syntax", {
-#   skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
-#   skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
-#   skip_on_cran()
-#
-#   output <- capture.output(
-#     msf_dict_rename_helper(
-#       dictionary = "Cholera",
-#       copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
-#     )
-#   )
-#
-#   output_text <- paste(output, collapse = "\n")
-#
-#   # Check for standard rename structure
-#   expect_match(output_text, "rename\\(linelist_cleaned,")
-#   expect_match(output_text, "REQUIRED|optional")
-# })
-#
-# test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper handles missing dictionary parameter", {
-#   skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
-#   skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
-#
-#   # Should error when dictionary is missing
-#   expect_error(
-#     msf_dict_rename_helper(copy_to_clipboard = FALSE),
-#     "'dictionary' must be one of: 'Cholera', 'Measles', 'Meningitis', 'AJS', 'Cholera_intersectional', 'Measles_intersectional', 'Meningitis_intersectional', 'AJS_intersectional', 'Diphtheria_intersectional', 'Mortality', 'Nutrition', 'Vaccination_long', 'Vaccination_short', 'ebs'"
-#   )
-# })
+test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper validates dictionary input", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
+  skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
+
+  expect_error(
+    msf_dict_rename_helper(
+      dictionary = "nonexistent_disease",
+      copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
+    ),
+    "'dictionary' must be one of: 'Cholera', 'Measles', 'Meningitis', 'AJS', 'Cholera_intersectional', 'Measles_intersectional', 'Meningitis_intersectional', 'AJS_intersectional', 'Diphtheria_intersectional', 'Mortality', 'Nutrition', 'Vaccination_long', 'Vaccination_short', 'ebs'"
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper works with valid outbreak dictionaries", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
+  skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
+  skip_on_cran()
+
+  # Test with a known outbreak dictionary
+  outbreak_dicts <- c("Cholera", "Measles", "AJS", "Meningitis")
+
+  for (dict in outbreak_dicts) {
+    # Check it runs without error
+    expect_no_error(
+      msf_dict_rename_helper(
+        dictionary = dict,
+        copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
+      )
+    )
+  }
+})
+
+test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper works with intersectional outbreak dictionaries", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
+  skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
+  skip_on_cran()
+
+  # Test with intersectional dictionaries
+  expect_no_error(
+    msf_dict_rename_helper(
+      dictionary = "Cholera_intersectional",
+      copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
+    )
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper works with survey dictionaries", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
+  skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
+  skip_on_cran()
+
+  # Test with survey dictionaries
+  survey_dicts <- c("Mortality", "Nutrition", "Vaccination_long", "Vaccination_short")
+
+  for (dict in survey_dicts) {
+    expect_no_error(
+      msf_dict_rename_helper(
+        dictionary = dict,
+        copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
+      )
+    )
+  }
+})
+
+test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper uses correct varnames for format", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
+  skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
+  skip_on_cran()
+
+  # Capture output for DHIS2 format (e.g., Cholera)
+  output_dhis <- capture.output(
+    msf_dict_rename_helper(
+      dictionary = "Cholera",
+      copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
+    )
+  )
+
+  # For DHIS2, should use data_element_shortname as variable names
+  # We can't directly check the internal workings, but we can verify it runs
+  expect_true(length(output_dhis) > 0)
+
+  # Capture output for ODK format (e.g., Mortality)
+  output_odk <- capture.output(
+    msf_dict_rename_helper(
+      dictionary = "Mortality",
+      copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
+    )
+  )
+
+  # For ODK, should use name as variable names
+  expect_true(length(output_odk) > 0)
+})
+
+test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper handles vaccination dictionaries specially", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
+  skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
+  skip_on_cran()
+
+  # Both vaccination_long and vaccination_short should work
+  expect_no_error(
+    msf_dict_rename_helper(
+      dictionary = "Vaccination_long",
+      copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
+    )
+  )
+
+  expect_no_error(
+    msf_dict_rename_helper(
+      dictionary = "Vaccination_short",
+      copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
+    )
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper produces valid rename syntax", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
+  skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
+  skip_on_cran()
+
+  output <- capture.output(
+    msf_dict_rename_helper(
+      dictionary = "Cholera",
+      copy_to_clipboard = FALSE
+    )
+  )
+
+  output_text <- paste(output, collapse = "\n")
+
+  # Check for standard rename structure
+  expect_match(output_text, "rename\\(linelist_cleaned,")
+  expect_match(output_text, "REQUIRED|optional")
+})
+
+test_that("msf_dict_rename_helper handles missing dictionary parameter", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("clipr")
+  skip_if_not_installed("sitrep")
+
+  # Should error when dictionary is missing
+  expect_error(
+    msf_dict_rename_helper(copy_to_clipboard = FALSE),
+    "'dictionary' must be one of: 'Cholera', 'Measles', 'Meningitis', 'AJS', 'Cholera_intersectional', 'Measles_intersectional', 'Meningitis_intersectional', 'AJS_intersectional', 'Diphtheria_intersectional', 'Mortality', 'Nutrition', 'Vaccination_long', 'Vaccination_short', 'ebs'"
+  )
+})
 
 # Integration tests --------------------------------------------------------------