diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 Human-Connection gGmbH
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-# Human-Connection - NITRO Backend
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Backend.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Backend)
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://human-connection.org"><img align="center" src="humanconnection.png" height="200" alt="Human Connection" /></a>
+</p>
+
+# NITRO Backend
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Backend/master.svg)](https://travis-ci.com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Backend)
+[![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg)](https://github.com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Backend/blob/backend/LICENSE.md)
+[![FOSSA Status](https://app.fossa.io/api/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2FHuman-Connection%2FNitro-Backend.svg?type=shield)](https://app.fossa.io/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2FHuman-Connection%2FNitro-Backend?ref=badge_shield)
+[![Discord Channel](https://img.shields.io/discord/489522408076738561.svg)](https://discord.gg/6ub73U3)
 
 > This Prototype tries to resolve the biggest hurdle of connecting
 > our services together. This is not possible in a sane way using
@@ -152,9 +159,13 @@ npm run test
 
 - [x] add jwt authentication
 - [ ] get directives working correctly (@toLower, @auth, @role, etc.)
-- [ ] check if search is working
+- [x] check if search is working
 - [x] check if sorting is working
 - [x] check if pagination is working
 - [ ] check if upload is working (using graphql-yoga?)
 - [x] evaluate middleware
 - [ ] ignore Posts and Comments by blacklisted Users
+
+
+## License
+[![FOSSA Status](https://app.fossa.io/api/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2FHuman-Connection%2FNitro-Backend.svg?type=large)](https://app.fossa.io/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2FHuman-Connection%2FNitro-Backend?ref=badge_large)
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