diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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| [FastTree](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fasttree)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/fasttree)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fasttree) |
| http://www.microbesonline.org/fasttree/ |
| [FastQC](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fastqc)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/fastqc)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fastqc) | | https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/
https://github.com/s-andrews/FastQC |
| [fastq-scan](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fastq-scan)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/fastq-scan)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fastq-scan) | | https://github.com/rpetit3/fastq-scan |
-| [Freebayes](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/freebayes)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/freebayes)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/freebayes) | | https://github.com/freebayes/freebayes |
+| [Freebayes](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/freebayes)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/freebayes)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/freebayes) | - [1.3.6](./freebayes/1.3.6)
- [1.3.7](./freebayes/1.3.7/)
- [1.3.7](./freebayes/1.3.8/)
| https://github.com/freebayes/freebayes |
| [Filtlong](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/filtlong)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/filtlong)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/filtlong) | | https://github.com/rrwick/filtlong |
| [FLASH](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/flash)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/flash)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/flash) | | http://ccb.jhu.edu/software/FLASH |
| [Flye](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/flye)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/flye)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/flye) | - [2.5](flye/2.5/)
- [2.7](flye/2.7/)
- [2.8](flye/2.8/)
- [2.9](flye/2.9/)
- [2.9.1](flye/2.9.1/)
- [2.9.2](flye/2.9.2/)
- [2.9.3](flye/2.9.3/)
| https://github.com/fenderglass/Flye |
diff --git a/freebayes/1.3.8/Dockerfile b/freebayes/1.3.8/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu:jammy as builder
+
+ARG FREEBAYES_VER="1.3.8"
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+ ca-certificates \
+ build-essential \
+ pkg-config \
+ meson \
+ cmake \
+ zlib1g-dev \
+ liblzma-dev \
+ libbz2-dev \
+ libncurses5-dev \
+ libc6 \
+ libgcc-s1 \
+ libstdc++6 \
+ libvcflib1 \
+ libvcflib-tools \
+ libseqlib-dev \
+ libvcflib-dev \
+ bc \
+ parallel \
+ ninja-build \
+ wget \
+ samtools \
+ vcftools && \
+ rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && apt-get autoclean
+
+RUN wget https://github.com/freebayes/freebayes/archive/refs/tags/v${FREEBAYES_VER}.tar.gz && \
+ tar -xvzf v${FREEBAYES_VER}.tar.gz && \
+ mv freebayes-${FREEBAYES_VER} /freebayes && \
+ cd /freebayes && \
+ meson build/ && \
+ cd build && \
+ ninja
+
+RUN /freebayes/build/freebayes --help
+
+FROM ubuntu:jammy as app
+
+LABEL base.image="ubuntu:focal"
+LABEL dockerfile.version="1"
+LABEL software="FreeBayes"
+LABEL software.version="1.3.7"
+LABEL description="FreeBayes is a haplotype-based variant detector and is a great tool for calling variants from a population."
+LABEL website="https://github.com/freebayes/freebayes"
+LABEL license="https://github.com/freebayes/freebayes/blob/master/LICENSE"
+LABEL maintainer="Kitty Chase"
+LABEL maintainer.email="kitty.chase@dhhs.nc.gov"
+LABEL maintainer2="Jill Hagey"
+LABEL maintainer2.email="jvhagey@gmail.com"
+
+COPY --from=builder /freebayes/build/* /usr/local/bin/
+
+# vcftools version is 0.1.16
+# samtools version is 1.13
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+ bc \
+ ca-certificates \
+ libseqlib-dev \
+ libvcflib-tools \
+ parallel \
+ procps \
+ samtools \
+ vcftools \
+ wget \
+ libwfa2 && \
+ rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && apt-get autoclean
+
+RUN freebayes --help && vcftools --help && samtools --help
+
+ENV LC_ALL=C
+
+WORKDIR /data
+
+CMD freebayes --help
+
+# new base for testing
+FROM app as test
+
+RUN freebayes --help && vcftools --help && samtools --help
+
+RUN wget -q https://github.com/StaPH-B/docker-builds/raw/master/tests/SARS-CoV-2/SRR13957123.sorted.bam && \
+ wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UPHL-BioNGS/Cecret/master/genomes/MN908947.3.fasta && \
+ freebayes -f MN908947.3.fasta SRR13957123.sorted.bam > var.vcf && \
+ head var.vcf
diff --git a/freebayes/1.3.8/README.md b/freebayes/1.3.8/README.md
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+# FreeBayes Container
+
+## Documentation and Overview
+
+Main Tool: FreeBayes - [Haplotype-based variant detection from short-read sequencing](https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.3907)
+
+Additional tools:
+- vcftools version is 0.1.16
+- samtools version is 1.13
+
+Full documentation: https://github.com/freebayes/freebayes
+
+FreeBayes is a haplotype-based variant detector and is a great tool for calling variants from a population.
+
+FreeBayes is a Bayesian genetic variant detector designed to find small polymorphisms, specifically SNPs (single-nucleotide polymorphisms), indels (insertions and deletions), MNPs (multi-nucleotide polymorphisms), and complex events (composite insertion and substitution events) smaller than the length of a short-read sequencing alignment.
+
+FreeBayes is haplotype-based, in the sense that it calls variants based on the literal sequences of reads aligned to a particular target, not their precise alignment. This model is a straightforward generalization of previous ones (e.g. PolyBayes, samtools, GATK) which detect or report variants based on alignments. This method avoids one of the core problems with alignment-based variant detection — that identical sequences may have multiple possible alignments:”
+
+## Usage
+
+Basic usage:
+```
+freebayes -f [REFERENCE] [OPTIONS] [BAM FILES] >[OUTPUT]
+```
+Example usage:
+```
+freebayes --bam Sample_1_sorted.bam --ploidy 1 --fasta-reference reference.fasta --vcf Sample1_freebayes.vcf
+```
+
+There are LOTS of options so use `freebayes --help` to get full list.