diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index dbafe972..79f46d97 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ This is the standard guideline. Use this to help with sizing your icons and they
 
 ## Edit Readme
 
-You will need to generate a new table for the README.  To do this, run:
+You will need to update the README.  To do this, run:
 
-`python3 generate_readme_table.py`
+`python3 update_readme.py`
 
-Copy the output and paste it over the old table.
+This will update the average file size at the top of the file as well as regenerate the table of icons.
 
 ## Reference Image
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2da0b08e..087ebf66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Super Tiny Icons
 
-Under 1KB each! Super Tiny Web Icons are minuscule SVG versions of your favourite logos. The average size is _under_ 521 bytes!
+Under 1KB each! Super Tiny Web Icons are minuscule SVG versions of your favourite logos. There are currently 363 icons and the average size is _under_ 519 bytes!
 
 The logos have a 512x512 viewbox, they will fit in a circle with radius 256. They will scale up and down to suit your needs.
 
diff --git a/generate_readme_table.py b/generate_readme_table.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bff7c782..00000000
--- a/generate_readme_table.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-
-table_length = 6
-counter = 0
-
-svg_list = sorted(os.listdir('images/svg/'))
-
-print("<table>")
-for svg in svg_list:
-	name = ET.parse('images/svg/'+svg).getroot().attrib["aria-label"]
-	if counter == 0 :
-		print("<tr>")
-	print( "<td>" + name + "<br>" + 
-	      '<img src="https://edent.github.io/SuperTinyIcons/images/svg/' + svg + '" width="100" title="' + name + '"><br>' + 
-			str( os.stat('images/svg/'+svg).st_size ) +" bytes</td>")
-	counter +=1
-	if counter == 6 :
-		print("</tr>\n")
-		counter = 0
-if counter != 0 :
-		print("</tr>\n")
-print("</table>")
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diff --git a/update_readme.py b/update_readme.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12567db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update_readme.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import os
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+import re
+
+table_length = 6
+counter = 0
+
+svg_list = sorted(os.listdir('images/svg/'))
+total_bytes = 0
+
+table = "<table>\n"
+for svg in svg_list:
+	name = ET.parse('images/svg/'+svg).getroot().attrib["aria-label"]
+	bytes = os.stat('images/svg/'+svg).st_size
+	total_bytes += bytes
+
+	if counter == 0 :
+		table += "<tr>\n"
+		
+	table += f"<td>{name}<br>"
+	table += f"<img src=\"https://edent.github.io/SuperTinyIcons/images/svg/{svg}\" width=\"100\" title=\"{name}\"><br>"
+	table += f"{bytes} bytes</td>\n"
+	
+	counter +=1
+
+	if counter == 6 :
+		table += "</tr>\n\n"
+		counter = 0
+		
+if counter != 0 :
+		table += "</tr>\n\n"
+		
+table += "</table>"
+
+summary_text = f"There are currently {len(svg_list)} icons and the average size is _under_ {round(total_bytes / len(svg_list))} bytes!"
+
+with open('README.md','r+') as f: 
+    file = f.read() 
+	
+    file = re.sub(r"(?s)<table>.*?</table>", table, file)
+    file = re.sub("There are currently \d* icons and the average size is _under_ \d* bytes\!", summary_text, file) 
+
+    f.seek(0)  
+    f.write(file)  
+    f.truncate()
+	
+print(f"README.md updated with {len(svg_list)} icons.")
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