diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index 3ffb2e8ae5..821f1998c4 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -1,54 +1,5 @@
 # release notes
 ## current release
-### release-v8-20191104
-- release date: 2019-11-04
-- status: available
-- changes:
-  - Updated clinical file
-    - fixed error in `primary_site`: [#214](https://github.com/AlexsLemonade/OpenPBTA-analysis/issues/214)
-  - Updated ControlFreeC TSV file
-    - added `tumor_ploidy` and updated `genotype` to `segment_genotype`: [PR comment](https://github.com/AlexsLemonade/OpenPBTA-analysis/pull/216#discussion_r341868007)
-  - Updated RNA-Seq FPKM merge files
-    - fixed ID merge error: [#221](https://github.com/AlexsLemonade/OpenPBTA-analysis/issues/221) 
-- folder structure:
-```
-data
-└── release-v8-20191104
-    ├── CHANGELOG.md
-    ├── StrexomeLite_Targets_CrossMap_hg38_filtered_chr_prefixed.bed
-    ├── StrexomeLite_hg38_liftover_100bp_padded.bed
-    ├── WGS.hg38.lancet.300bp_padded.bed
-    ├── WGS.hg38.lancet.unpadded.bed
-    ├── WGS.hg38.mutect2.unpadded.bed
-    ├── WGS.hg38.strelka2.unpadded.bed
-    ├── WGS.hg38.vardict.100bp_padded.bed
-    ├── WXS.hg38.100bp_padded.bed
-    ├── md5sum.txt
-    ├── pbta-cnv-cnvkit.seg.gz
-    ├── pbta-cnv-controlfreec.tsv.gz
-    ├── pbta-fusion-arriba.tsv.gz
-    ├── pbta-fusion-starfusion.tsv.gz
-    ├── pbta-gene-counts-rsem-expected_count.polya.rds
-    ├── pbta-gene-counts-rsem-expected_count.stranded.rds
-    ├── pbta-gene-expression-kallisto.polya.rds
-    ├── pbta-gene-expression-kallisto.stranded.rds
-    ├── pbta-gene-expression-rsem-fpkm.polya.rds
-    ├── pbta-gene-expression-rsem-fpkm.stranded.rds
-    ├── pbta-histologies.tsv
-    ├── pbta-isoform-counts-rsem-expected_count.polya.rds
-    ├── pbta-isoform-counts-rsem-expected_count.stranded.rds
-    ├── pbta-snv-lancet.vep.maf.gz
-    ├── pbta-snv-mutect2.vep.maf.gz
-    ├── pbta-snv-strelka2.vep.maf.gz
-    ├── pbta-snv-vardict.vep.maf.gz
-    ├── pbta-sv-manta.tsv.gz
-    ├── independent-specimens.wgs.primary-plus.tsv
-    ├── independent-specimens.wgs.primary.tsv
-    ├── independent-specimens.wgswxs.primary-plus.tsv
-    └── independent-specimens.wgswxs.primary.tsv
-```
-
-## archived release
 ### release-v7-20191031
 - release date: 2019-10-31 :jack_o_lantern:
 - status: available
@@ -100,6 +51,7 @@ data
     └── independent-specimens.wgswxs.primary.tsv
 ```
 
+## archived release
 ### release-v6-20191030
 - release date: 2019-10-30
 - status: available
diff --git a/download-data.sh b/download-data.sh
index c6f54c3ed7..2eb5150f2e 100755
--- a/download-data.sh
+++ b/download-data.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 # Use the OpenPBTA bucket as the default.
 URL=${URL:-https://s3.amazonaws.com/kf-openaccess-us-east-1-prd-pbta/data}
-RELEASE=${RELEASE:-release-v8-20191104}
+RELEASE=${RELEASE:-release-v7-20191031}
 
 # Remove symlinks in data
 find data -type l -delete