diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0aae93df..623b60b0 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: cmapplot
 Title: CMAP Themes and Color Palettes
-Version: 1.2.2
+Version: 1.2.3
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Daniel", "Comeaux",
            role = c("aut"),
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Authors@R: c(
     person("Sean", "Connelly",
            role = c("aut", "cre"),
            email = "sconnelly@cmap.illinois.gov"),
+    person("David", "Wells",
+           role = "aut",
+           email = "dwells@cmap.illinois.gov"),
     person("Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning",
            role = c("cph", "fnd")))
 Description: Provides themes and color scales for 'ggplot2', based on Chicago
diff --git a/R/cmapplot.R b/R/cmapplot.R
index 80693073..dc5ea71a 100644
--- a/R/cmapplot.R
+++ b/R/cmapplot.R
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     # ... and check on rstudio graphics
     if (rstudioapi::isAvailable()){
       if(rstudioapi::getVersion() > "1.4"){
-        if(getOption("RStudioGD.backend") != "ragg"){
+        if(getOption("RStudioGD.backend", FALSE) != "ragg"){
           options(RStudioGD.backend = "ragg")
           packageStartupMessage(paste(
             "cmapplot has set RStudio graphics to `ragg` for the current session.",
diff --git a/man/cmapplot.Rd b/man/cmapplot.Rd
index 3c2f8306..53d3c4b3 100644
--- a/man/cmapplot.Rd
+++ b/man/cmapplot.Rd
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Authors:
   \item Noel Peterson (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1290-2362}{ORCID})
   \item Greta Ritzenthaler
   \item Matthew Stern (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9119-2121}{ORCID})
+  \item David Wells \email{dwells@cmap.illinois.gov}
 }
 
 Other contributors: