diff --git a/.mvn/maven.config b/.mvn/maven.config
index 87735fa0a..e30045925 100644
--- a/.mvn/maven.config
+++ b/.mvn/maven.config
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 # If you're using a plugin that causes this warning, please upgrade to the latest version and report an issue if the warning persists. 
 # To disable these warnings, set -Dmaven.project.sourceRoots.warningsDisabled=true on the command line or in the .mvn/maven.config file.
 -Dmaven.project.sourceRoots.warningsDisabled=true
+--no-transfer-progress
+-Dstyle.color=always
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/FindBugsExcludeFilter.xml b/tools/FindBugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index eb410b99c..000000000
--- a/tools/FindBugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-<!--
-Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-distributed with this work for additional information
-regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-specific language governing permissions and limitations
-under the License.
--->
-<FindBugsFilter> <!-- sketches-core -->
-
-  <!-- Ignore all test code -->
-  <Match>
-    <Class name="~.*\.*Test" />
-  </Match>
-
-  <!-- Complaining about copying of arrays from one internal class to another. 
-       This is harmless since both classes are part of our library and work together. -->
-  <Match>
-    <Bug pattern="EI_EXPOSE_REP2"/>
-    <Or>
-      <Class name="org.apache.datasketches.quantilescommon.LongsSortedViewIterator"/>
-      <Class name="org.apache.datasketches.quantilescommon.FloatsSortedViewIterator"/>
-      <Class name="org.apache.datasketches.quantilescommon.DoublesSortedViewIterator"/>
-      <Class name="org.apache.datasketches.quantilescommon.GenericSortedViewIterator"/>
-      <Class name="org.apache.datasketches.quantilescommon.GenericPartitionBoundaries"/>
-    </Or>
-  </Match>
-
-  <!-- False Positive: These are intentional and we know what we are doing. -->
-  <Match> 
-    <Bug pattern="FE_FLOATING_POINT_EQUALITY" />
-    <Class name="org.apache.datasketches.sampling.EbppsItemsSample" />
-    <Or>
-      <Method name="merge" />
-      <Method name="downsample" />
-    </Or>
-  </Match>
-
-  <!-- False Positive: Code is the recommended solution for preventing a Finalizer Attack. -->
-  <Match> 
-    <Bug pattern="CT_CONSTRUCTOR_THROW" />
-    <Or>
-      <Class name="org.apache.datasketches.tuple.arrayofdoubles.DirectArrayOfDoublesQuickSelectSketch"/>
-      <Class name="org.apache.datasketches.theta.DirectQuickSelectSketch"/>
-    </Or>
-  </Match>
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/tools/ManualJavadocsDeploy.sh b/tools/ManualJavadocsDeploy.sh
index 78637ee02..0d7898a1e 100755
--- a/tools/ManualJavadocsDeploy.sh
+++ b/tools/ManualJavadocsDeploy.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-TAG_NAME="test"
+# Assumes that a remote branch named 'gh-pages' exists.
+# If a local branch 'gh-pages' exists it will be overwritten.
+
+# MODIFY THIS TAG_NAME!
+TAG_NAME="test" 
 # Build and Generate Javadoc
 # POM is configured to output to target/site/apidocs
 echo "ECHO: mvn clean javadoc:javadoc"