diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ebe653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# btabler 0.0.3
+
+* Added a `NEWS.md` file to track changes to the package.
+* Added option `include.varnames` option to `btable`.
diff --git a/R/btable.r b/R/btable.r
index fdc8337..6d5c2c1 100644
--- a/R/btable.r
+++ b/R/btable.r
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #' @param sfile				sanitizing file for latex, dataframe with two columns, pattern and replacement
 #' @param print				logical, indicates whether table should be printed, TRUE by default
 #' @param comment				logical, indicates whether xtable should print it's comment, FALSE by default
+#' @param include.colnames              logical, indicated whether the columns names are printed, FALSE by default.
 #' @param ...				further arguments passed to print.xtable()
 #'
 #' @return	table in latex format
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ btable<-function(dat,
                  sfile="",
                  print=TRUE,
                  comment = FALSE,
+		 include.colnames = FALSE,
                  ...) {
 
 	
@@ -372,7 +374,7 @@ btable<-function(dat,
 	}
 
 	#ptint xtable
-	xtp<-print(xt,include.rownames=FALSE,include.colnames=FALSE,sanitize.text.function=sf,
+	xtp<-print(xt,include.rownames=FALSE,include.colnames=include.colnames,sanitize.text.function=sf,
 		 booktabs = TRUE,hline.after=hlinea,
 		 caption.placement = "top", latex.environments = "center",
 		 table.placement=table.placement,
diff --git a/man/btable.Rd b/man/btable.Rd
index 3b1b938..63a4243 100644
--- a/man/btable.Rd
+++ b/man/btable.Rd
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ btable(
   sfile = "",
   print = TRUE,
   comment = FALSE,
+  include.colnames = FALSE,
   ...
 )
 }
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ default value is "ht".}
 
 \item{comment}{logical, indicates whether xtable should print it's comment, FALSE by default}
 
+\item{include.colnames}{logical, indicated whether the columns names are printed, FALSE by default.}
+
 \item{...}{further arguments passed to print.xtable()}
 }
 \value{