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 <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44847421/48658718-dc557b00-ea46-11e8-8596-00709fad9197.jpg" width="300">
 
-**NEW**: It is now possible to run LabCA on an existing docker server, see [README_dockeronly](README_dockeronly.md) [![status-alpha](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-alpha-orange.svg)](README_dockeronly.md)
+**NEW**: It is now possible to run LabCA on an existing docker server, see [README_dockeronly](README_dockeronly.md) [![status-beta](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-beta-yellow.svg)](README_dockeronly.md)
 
 ### Setup
 
diff --git a/README_dockeronly.md b/README_dockeronly.md
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-# LabCA Docker Only ![status-alpha](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-alpha-orange.svg)
+# LabCA Docker Only ![status-beta](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-beta-yellow.svg)
 
 It is now also possible, instead of dedicating a complete (virtual) machine to LabCA, to run LabCA using docker-compose on a non-dedicated machine. This is quite new and therefore still needs more testing.