diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 5bcdd1181824e18f84ae10c9487e7a729fece6e1..3ab6c128f7e7954b0aeae940b49b8dbc7459ba28 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "org.futo.circles"
         minSdk rootProject.ext.min_sdk_version
         targetSdk rootProject.ext.sdk_version
-        versionCode 27
-        versionName "1.0.17"
+        versionCode 28
+        versionName "1.0.18"
         archivesBaseName = "circles-v${versionName}"
 
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
diff --git a/auth/src/main/java/org/futo/circles/auth/feature/sign_up/validate_email/ValidateEmailDataSource.kt b/auth/src/main/java/org/futo/circles/auth/feature/sign_up/validate_email/ValidateEmailDataSource.kt
index 34de0e0a3afa448a1fd95fdb494db344be63c4f2..93fe0f9fd8e02870a69986128297cb289284bb3c 100644
--- a/auth/src/main/java/org/futo/circles/auth/feature/sign_up/validate_email/ValidateEmailDataSource.kt
+++ b/auth/src/main/java/org/futo/circles/auth/feature/sign_up/validate_email/ValidateEmailDataSource.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class ValidateEmailDataSource @Inject constructor(
         mapOf(
             TYPE_PARAM_KEY to REGISTRATION_EMAIL_REQUEST_TOKEN_TYPE,
             EMAIL_PARAM_KEY to email,
-            SUBSCRIBE_TO_LIST to subscribeToUpdates
+            //SUBSCRIBE_TO_LIST to subscribeToUpdates
         )
     )
 
diff --git a/auth/src/main/res/layout/fragment_validate_email.xml b/auth/src/main/res/layout/fragment_validate_email.xml
index 48fc0c9012a110486c3ae7dfc69fad2e33ecd814..5aea88782424c1a8ba35fedd84e8fa02a9541f64 100644
--- a/auth/src/main/res/layout/fragment_validate_email.xml
+++ b/auth/src/main/res/layout/fragment_validate_email.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
         android:checked="true"
         android:text="@string/receive_email_updates"
         android:textAppearance="@style/body"
+        android:visibility="gone"
         app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
         app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
         app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/btnSendCode" />
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/28.txt b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/28.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..466569f9824cb5a088c60ad366c1508e3954a6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/28.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+v1.0.18
+- "Help" menu item for Groups and Circles
+- New share room url formatting
+- Knock requests "reason" message
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