"I'm glad that everything has been sorted and now I can look forward to getting ready for the start of the season on August 11," John-Baptiste told the Nottingham Evening Post on Tuesday.
"Hopefully the club will now move in the right direction and I can put all this behind me.
"The players Billy has brought in so far are good ones. We still need some more and hopefully the gaffer will be given the money to do that.
"No one wants to be finishing 17th every season and I would like to think we can be up there pushing for promotion.
"I'd like to put on record my thanks to Mansfield for the deal they have offered me, which is a very good one.
"It's no surprise to me that the last six months has seen me play some of the best football of my career.
"I have no doubt in my mind it is down to the gaffer and Dutch."