diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index c1dff93..9e20723 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,26 @@
 repos:
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: sync-version
+        name: Sync version to CITATION.cff and README.md
+        language: python
+        entry: python scripts/sync_version.py
+        pass_filenames: false
+        always_run: true
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v5.0.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: check-added-large-files
+      - id: check-yaml
+        exclude: mkdocs\.yml
+      - id: check-json
+      - id: check-toml
+      - id: detect-private-key
+
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
     rev: 25.1.0
     hooks:
diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26dfcde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "title": "Jabberjay",
+  "description": "Jabberjay is a unified Python API and CLI for synthetic voice detection. It brings together state-of-the-art deepfake audio detection models — including ViT, AST, Wav2Vec2, HuBERT, WavLM, RawNet2, and a classical baseline — under a single consistent interface, allowing researchers and practitioners to detect AI-generated speech without wrestling with individual model dependencies and conventions.",
+  "upload_type": "software",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "creators": [
+    {
+      "name": "Boakes, Matthew",
+      "affiliation": "The Alan Turing Institute, University of Kent",
+      "orcid": "0000-0002-9377-6240"
+    }
+  ],
+  "keywords": [
+    "synthetic voice detection",
+    "deepfake detection",
+    "anti-spoofing",
+    "audio classification",
+    "speech",
+    "ASVspoof",
+    "machine learning",
+    "transformers"
+  ],
+  "related_identifiers": [
+    {
+      "identifier": "https://pypi.org/project/Jabberjay/",
+      "relation": "isSupplementTo",
+      "resource_type": "software",
+      "scheme": "url"
+    },
+    {
+      "identifier": "https://mattyb95.github.io/Jabberjay",
+      "relation": "isDocumentedBy",
+      "resource_type": "other",
+      "scheme": "url"
+    },
+    {
+      "identifier": "https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay",
+      "relation": "isSupplementTo",
+      "resource_type": "software",
+      "scheme": "url"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c255342..defa193 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,30 @@ Jabberjay uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ---
 
+## [0.0.8] — 2026-03-16
+
+### Added
+- **Zenodo integration** — repository is now archived on Zenodo; concept DOI
+  (`10.5281/zenodo.19056978`) added to `CITATION.cff`, README badge row, and
+  BibTeX entry in the README citation section
+- **`.zenodo.json`** — explicit Zenodo record metadata (creator ORCID,
+  affiliation, keywords, related identifiers for PyPI and docs) so archived
+  records are consistent and complete
+- **Pre-commit hooks expanded** — added `trailing-whitespace`, `end-of-file-fixer`,
+  `check-merge-conflict`, `check-added-large-files`, `check-yaml`, `check-json`,
+  `check-toml`, and `detect-private-key` from `pre-commit-hooks`; added
+  `scripts/sync_version.py` local hook to keep `CITATION.cff` and README BibTeX
+  version in sync with `pyproject.toml` automatically on every commit
+
+### Fixed
+- **`RawNet2/run.py`** — YAML config loading now raises a descriptive
+  `RuntimeError` instead of a raw `OSError`/`YAMLError` if the bundled config
+  file is missing or malformed
+- **`Utilities/label_normalizer.py`** — removed redundant `float(str(...))`
+  double conversion; score is cast directly with `float()`
+
+---
+
 ## [0.0.7] — 2026-03-16
 
 ### Added
@@ -158,7 +182,8 @@ Jabberjay uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 - Command-line interface (`jabberjay <audio>`)
 - GitHub Actions CI workflow and ruff linting
 
-[0.0.7]: https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/compare/v0.0.6...HEAD
+[0.0.8]: https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/compare/v0.0.7...v0.0.8
+[0.0.7]: https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/compare/v0.0.6...v0.0.7
 [0.0.6]: https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/compare/v0.0.5...v0.0.6
 [0.0.5]: https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/compare/v0.0.4...v0.0.5
 [0.0.4]: https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/compare/v0.0.3...v0.0.4
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 8f5c329..32bb1d0 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ authors:
     given-names: Matthew
     email: Matthew.Boakes@Gmail.com
     orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9377-6240"
+identifiers:
+  - type: doi
+    value: "10.5281/zenodo.19056978"
+    description: "Zenodo concept DOI (resolves to the latest archived version)"
 repository-code: "https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay"
 url: "https://mattyb95.github.io/Jabberjay"
 repository-artifact: "https://pypi.org/project/Jabberjay/"
 license: MIT
-version: 0.0.7
+version: 0.0.8
 date-released: "2026-03-16"
 keywords:
   - synthetic voice detection
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e56224..1eb6605 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,15 +4,20 @@
 
 ![Jabberjay social preview](social_preview.png)
 
+<div align="center">
+
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/jabberjay)](https://pypi.org/project/Jabberjay/)
 [![CI](https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![Python](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/jabberjay)](https://pypi.org/project/Jabberjay/)
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 [![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/jabberjay)](https://pypi.org/project/Jabberjay/)
 [![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-mattyb95.github.io%2FJabberjay-blue)](https://mattyb95.github.io/Jabberjay)
+[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19056978.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19056978)
 [![GitHub Sponsors](https://img.shields.io/github/sponsors/MattyB95?label=Sponsor&logo=GitHub&color=EA4AAA)](https://github.com/sponsors/MattyB95)
 [![Ko-fi](https://img.shields.io/badge/Ko--fi-Support-FF5E5B?logo=ko-fi&logoColor=white)](https://ko-fi.com/mattyb95)
 
+</div>
+
 ---
 
 ## Why Jabberjay?
@@ -296,11 +301,12 @@ If you use Jabberjay in your research, please cite it. GitHub's **"Cite this rep
   title   = {Jabberjay},
   year    = {2026},
   url     = {https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay},
-  version = {0.0.7},
+  version = {0.0.8},
+  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.19056978},
 }
 ```
 
-A DOI will be available via [Zenodo](https://zenodo.org) once linked to this repository. The entry above will be updated at that point.
+Archived versions are available on [Zenodo](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19056978). The concept DOI (`10.5281/zenodo.19056978`) always resolves to the latest release.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index c255342..defa193 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -7,6 +7,30 @@ Jabberjay uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ---
 
+## [0.0.8] — 2026-03-16
+
+### Added
+- **Zenodo integration** — repository is now archived on Zenodo; concept DOI
+  (`10.5281/zenodo.19056978`) added to `CITATION.cff`, README badge row, and
+  BibTeX entry in the README citation section
+- **`.zenodo.json`** — explicit Zenodo record metadata (creator ORCID,
+  affiliation, keywords, related identifiers for PyPI and docs) so archived
+  records are consistent and complete
+- **Pre-commit hooks expanded** — added `trailing-whitespace`, `end-of-file-fixer`,
+  `check-merge-conflict`, `check-added-large-files`, `check-yaml`, `check-json`,
+  `check-toml`, and `detect-private-key` from `pre-commit-hooks`; added
+  `scripts/sync_version.py` local hook to keep `CITATION.cff` and README BibTeX
+  version in sync with `pyproject.toml` automatically on every commit
+
+### Fixed
+- **`RawNet2/run.py`** — YAML config loading now raises a descriptive
+  `RuntimeError` instead of a raw `OSError`/`YAMLError` if the bundled config
+  file is missing or malformed
+- **`Utilities/label_normalizer.py`** — removed redundant `float(str(...))`
+  double conversion; score is cast directly with `float()`
+
+---
+
 ## [0.0.7] — 2026-03-16
 
 ### Added
@@ -158,7 +182,8 @@ Jabberjay uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 - Command-line interface (`jabberjay <audio>`)
 - GitHub Actions CI workflow and ruff linting
 
-[0.0.7]: https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/compare/v0.0.6...HEAD
+[0.0.8]: https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/compare/v0.0.7...v0.0.8
+[0.0.7]: https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/compare/v0.0.6...v0.0.7
 [0.0.6]: https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/compare/v0.0.5...v0.0.6
 [0.0.5]: https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/compare/v0.0.4...v0.0.5
 [0.0.4]: https://github.com/MattyB95/Jabberjay/compare/v0.0.3...v0.0.4
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6d22a89..e96cc6b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "Jabberjay"
-version = "0.0.7"
+version = "0.0.8"
 description = "🦜 Synthetic Voice Detection"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-license = "MIT"
+license = {text = "MIT"}
 authors = [
     { name = "Matthew Boakes", email = "Matthew.Boakes@Gmail.com" },
 ]
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ exclude_lines = [
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 88
-target-version = ["py310", "py311", "py312", "py313", "py314"]
+target-version = ["py310", "py311", "py312", "py313"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 88
diff --git a/scripts/sync_version.py b/scripts/sync_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab7f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sync_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Sync the version from pyproject.toml into CITATION.cff and README.md.
+
+Run automatically as a pre-commit hook, or manually via:
+    python scripts/sync_version.py
+"""
+
+import re
+import sys
+from datetime import date
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+
+
+def _read(path: Path) -> str:
+    return path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def _write(path: Path, content: str) -> None:
+    path.write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def get_version() -> str:
+    text = _read(ROOT / "pyproject.toml")
+    match = re.search(r'^version\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"', text, re.MULTILINE)
+    if not match:
+        print("ERROR: Could not find version in pyproject.toml", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    return match.group(1)
+
+
+def sync_citation(version: str) -> bool:
+    path = ROOT / "CITATION.cff"
+    original = _read(path)
+    version_match = re.search(r"^version:\s*(.+)$", original, flags=re.MULTILINE)
+    if version_match and version_match.group(1).strip() == version:
+        return False
+    updated = re.sub(
+        r"^version:\s*.+$", f"version: {version}", original, flags=re.MULTILINE
+    )
+    updated = re.sub(
+        r"^date-released:\s*.+$",
+        f'date-released: "{date.today()}"',
+        updated,
+        flags=re.MULTILINE,
+    )
+    if updated != original:
+        _write(path, updated)
+        print(f"  updated CITATION.cff → version {version}, date {date.today()}")
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+def sync_readme(version: str) -> bool:
+    path = ROOT / "README.md"
+    original = _read(path)
+    updated = re.sub(r"(  version\s*=\s*\{)[^}]+(\})", rf"\g<1>{version}\2", original)
+    if updated != original:
+        _write(path, updated)
+        print(f"  updated README.md → BibTeX version {version}")
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    version = get_version()
+    print(f"Syncing version {version} from pyproject.toml...")
+    changed = any([sync_citation(version), sync_readme(version)])
+    if changed:
+        print("Version sync complete — stage the modified files and re-run.")
+        sys.exit(1)  # non-zero tells pre-commit files were modified
+    else:
+        print("All version references already in sync.")
diff --git a/src/Jabberjay/Models/RawNet2/model_config_RawNet.yaml b/src/Jabberjay/Models/RawNet2/model_config_RawNet.yaml
index 18e9c62..bb049f3 100644
--- a/src/Jabberjay/Models/RawNet2/model_config_RawNet.yaml
+++ b/src/Jabberjay/Models/RawNet2/model_config_RawNet.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-optimizer: Adam 
+optimizer: Adam
 amsgrad: 1   #for adam optim
 
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ amsgrad: 1   #for adam optim
 #model-related
 model:
   nb_samp: 64600
-  first_conv: 1024   # no. of filter coefficients 
+  first_conv: 1024   # no. of filter coefficients
   in_channels: 1
   filts: [20, [20, 20], [20, 128], [128, 128]] # no. of filters channel in residual blocks
   blocks: [2, 4]
@@ -14,8 +14,3 @@ model:
   gru_node: 1024
   nb_gru_layer: 3
   nb_classes: 2
-  
-  
-
-
-
diff --git a/src/Jabberjay/Models/RawNet2/run.py b/src/Jabberjay/Models/RawNet2/run.py
index f2a401e..213d1b7 100644
--- a/src/Jabberjay/Models/RawNet2/run.py
+++ b/src/Jabberjay/Models/RawNet2/run.py
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
 
 
 def predict(y: np.ndarray) -> tuple[Tensor, float]:
-    with open(_CONFIG_PATH) as f_yaml:
-        parser = yaml.safe_load(f_yaml)
+    try:
+        with open(_CONFIG_PATH) as f_yaml:
+            parser = yaml.safe_load(f_yaml)
+    except (OSError, yaml.YAMLError) as exc:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to load RawNet2 config: {_CONFIG_PATH}") from exc
     device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
     logger.info(f"Using device: {device}")
     model = RawNet(parser["model"], device)
diff --git a/src/Jabberjay/Utilities/label_normalizer.py b/src/Jabberjay/Utilities/label_normalizer.py
index 1b915c1..636bed2 100644
--- a/src/Jabberjay/Utilities/label_normalizer.py
+++ b/src/Jabberjay/Utilities/label_normalizer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """Normalise external model labels to the canonical 'Bonafide' / 'Spoof' labels."""
 
+from typing import cast
+
 from Jabberjay.Utilities.types import PredictionScore
 
 # Exact-match only — short strings that would cause false positives in substring search
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ def normalize_pipeline_scores(
     return [
         PredictionScore(
             label=normalize_label(str(s["label"])),
-            score=float(str(s["score"])),
+            score=float(cast(float, s["score"])),
         )
         for s in raw_scores
     ]
diff --git a/tests/test_models.py b/tests/test_models.py
index e721944..4c4a673 100644
--- a/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/test_models.py
@@ -388,6 +388,29 @@ def test_spoof_prediction(self):
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+class TestRawNet2Config:
+    def test_oserror_raises_runtime_error(self):
+        from Jabberjay.Models.RawNet2.run import predict
+
+        with patch("builtins.open", side_effect=OSError("missing")):
+            with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="Failed to load RawNet2 config"):
+                predict(y=AUDIO[0])
+
+    def test_yaml_error_raises_runtime_error(self):
+        import yaml
+
+        from Jabberjay.Models.RawNet2.run import predict
+
+        with patch("builtins.open", mock_open := MagicMock()):
+            mock_open.return_value.__enter__.return_value = MagicMock()
+            with patch(
+                "Jabberjay.Models.RawNet2.run.yaml.safe_load",
+                side_effect=yaml.YAMLError("bad yaml"),
+            ):
+                with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="Failed to load RawNet2 config"):
+                    predict(y=AUDIO[0])
+
+
 class TestRawNet2Predict:
     def test_returns_prediction_and_confidence(self):
         from Jabberjay.Models.RawNet2.run import predict
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 94a7ec9..04e38d3 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jabberjay"
-version = "0.0.7"
+version = "0.0.8"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "huggingface-hub" },