diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index cfd5327..a04e2e0 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: EWCE
 Type: Package
 Title: Expression Weighted Celltype Enrichment
-Version: 1.13.0
+Version: 1.13.1
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Alan",
            family = "Murphy",
@@ -70,6 +70,6 @@ biocViews: GeneExpression, Transcription, DifferentialExpression,
         mRNAMicroarray, OneChannel, RNASeq,
         BiomedicalInformatics, Proteomics, Visualization,
         FunctionalGenomics, SingleCell 
-RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.1
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Config/testthat/edition: 3 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 3ef284e..9891770 100755
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# EWCE 1.13.1
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+* Making `ewce_plot` functionality more clear - will no fail if 
+`make_dendro=TRUE` and `ggdendro` is not installed or `CTD` is not provided 
+rather than issuing a warning.
+
 # EWCE 1.11.5
 
 ## Bug fixes
diff --git a/R/ewce_plot.r b/R/ewce_plot.r
index 6412bc7..bf86f7a 100755
--- a/R/ewce_plot.r
+++ b/R/ewce_plot.r
@@ -55,12 +55,17 @@ ewce_plot <- function(total_res,
     if(isTRUE(make_dendro)){
         #### Check if ctd is provided ####
         if(is.null(ctd)){
-            messager(
-                "Warning: Can only add the dendrogram when ctd is provided.",
-                "Setting make_dendro=FALSE.",
-                v=verbose)
-            make_dendro <- FALSE
-        } else {
+            no_ctd_msg <- paste0(
+              "Error: Can only add the dendrogram when ctd is provided.",
+              "Please either input CTD or set make_dendro=FALSE.")
+            stop(no_ctd_msg)
+            
+        } else if(!requireNamespace("ggdendro",quietly = TRUE)){
+          no_ddg_msg <- paste0(
+            "Error: Can only add the dendrogram when ggdendro is installed.",
+            "Please either install ggdendro or set make_dendro=FALSE.")
+          stop(no_ddg_msg)
+        }else {
             # Find the relevant level of the CTD annotation 
             if (length(ctd[[annotLevel]]$plotting) > 0) {
                 annotLevel <-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 838ed7c..69158d0 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 `EWCE`: `E`xpression `W`eighted `C`elltype `E`nrichment
 ================
 <img src='https://github.com/NathanSkene/EWCE/raw/master/inst/hex/hex.png' title='Hex sticker for EWCE' height='300'><br>
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+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/release%20version-1.10.2-green.svg)](https://www.bioconductor.org/packages/EWCE)
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/download-270/month-green.svg)](https://bioconductor.org/packages/stats/bioc/EWCE)
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/download-5999/total-green.svg)](https://bioconductor.org/packages/stats/bioc/EWCE)
 [![download](http://www.bioconductor.org/shields/downloads/release/EWCE.svg)](https://bioconductor.org/packages/stats/bioc/EWCE)
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 <br>
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+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/devel%20version-1.13.1-black.svg)](https://github.com/NathanSkene/EWCE)
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+[![](https://codecov.io/gh/NathanSkene/EWCE/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/NathanSkene/EWCE)
 <br>
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 <h4>  
 Authors: <i>Alan Murphy, Brian Schilder, Nathan Skene</i>  
 </h4>
 <h4>  
-README updated: <i>Apr-03-2023</i>  
+README updated: <i>Jul-09-2024</i>  
 </h4>
 
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