diff --git a/CRAN-RELEASE b/CRAN-RELEASE
index 85d2582..34d6535 100644
--- a/CRAN-RELEASE
+++ b/CRAN-RELEASE
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-This package was submitted to CRAN on 2021-04-09.
-Once it is accepted, delete this file and tag the release (commit c6921b1).
+This package was submitted to CRAN on 2021-11-27.
+Once it is accepted, delete this file and tag the release (commit 6aeb913).
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index f2f8c36..9acc6a4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 * Added `list_plots()` utility function for listing the available plots [[#2]](https://github.com/multimeric/TidyMultiqc/issues/2).
 * Added `plot_parsers` argument to `load_multiqc` which allows for custom parsers for diverse plot types in MultiQC.
 * Added `plots` argument to `load_multiqc`, which is a vector of plot identifiers to parse.
-* Created a pkgdown website, which is available at <https://multimeric.github.io/TidyMultiqc>.
+* Created a pkgdown website, which is available at <https://multimeric.github.io/TidyMultiqc/>.
 * Added documentation for the plot parsers, which explains the format of the nested data frame produced for each plot type.
 * Added GitHub repository and issue tracker to package metadata [[#3]](https://github.com/multimeric/TidyMultiqc/issues/3).
 
diff --git a/R/multiqc.R b/R/multiqc.R
index 8ef7351..d7c6c49 100644
--- a/R/multiqc.R
+++ b/R/multiqc.R
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #' @name TidyMultiqc-package
 NULL
 
+# Make R CMD Check hush
+utils::globalVariables(c(".", "metadata.sample_id"))
+
 #' Parses the "general_stats_data" section
 #' @param parsed The full parsed multiqc JSON file
 #' @return A list of samples, each of which has a list of metricsx