diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81aaac3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+preferred-citation:
+  type: article
+  authors:
+  - family-names: "Verschaffelt"
+    given-names: "Pieter"
+  - family-names: "Van Den Bossche"
+    given-names: "Tim"
+  - family-names: "Martens"
+    given-names: "Lennart"
+  - family-names: "Dawyndt"
+    given-names: "Peter"
+  - family-names: "Mesuere"
+    given-names: "Bart"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0610-3441"
+  doi: "10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00855"
+  journal: "Journal of Proteome Research"
+  start: 2005
+  end: 2009
+  title: "Unipept Desktop: A Faster, More Powerful Metaproteomics Results Analysis Tool"
+  issue: 4
+  volume: 20
+  year: 2021
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d587b4f7..5bcd371f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "unipept-desktop",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
-      "version": "1.2.0",
+      "version": "1.2.1",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/preset-env": "^7.6.0",
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index f2a85aca..7cf918e5 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ export default class App extends Vue implements ErrorListener {
         try {
             let config: Configuration = await configurationManager.readConfiguration();
             NetworkConfiguration.BASE_URL = config.apiSource;
+            // Make sure that the old Unipept URL is no longer being used...
+            if (NetworkConfiguration.BASE_URL === "https://unipept.ugent.be") {
+                NetworkConfiguration.BASE_URL = "https://api.unipept.ugent.be";
+            }
             NetworkConfiguration.PARALLEL_API_REQUESTS = config.maxParallelRequests;
             QueueManager.initializeQueue(config.maxLongRunningTasks);
         } catch (err) {
diff --git a/src/logic/configuration/ConfigurationManager.ts b/src/logic/configuration/ConfigurationManager.ts
index 03aac886..d644a29d 100644
--- a/src/logic/configuration/ConfigurationManager.ts
+++ b/src/logic/configuration/ConfigurationManager.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ export default class ConfigurationManager {
     // This is the default configuration object that's used as a fallback for inconsistent/inavailable configuration
     // values.
     private static readonly DEFAULT_CONFIG: Configuration = {
-        apiSource: "https://unipept.ugent.be",
+        apiSource: "https://api.unipept.ugent.be",
         useNativeTitlebar: false,
         maxLongRunningTasks: 8,
-        maxParallelRequests: 5
+        maxParallelRequests: 2
     };
     // Reference to the last configuration that was returned by this manager. Can be used to update the current
     // configuration and write the changes to disk (without having to read it again).