diff --git a/nes/nc_projections/latlon_nes.py b/nes/nc_projections/latlon_nes.py
index 2e223160eda16ed934da1c25e1d926bafa12a2bf..43a37a82de573b1beda3b4ceb65b5cb897fff33f 100644
--- a/nes/nc_projections/latlon_nes.py
+++ b/nes/nc_projections/latlon_nes.py
@@ -125,9 +125,11 @@ class LatLonNes(Nes):
             projection_data = self.variables['crs']
             self.free_vars('crs')
         else:
-            msg = 'There is no variable called crs, projection has not been defined.'
-            raise RuntimeError(msg)
-        
+            projection_data = {'grid_mapping_name': 'latitude_longitude',
+                               'semi_major_axis': str(self.earth_radius[1]),
+                               'inverse_flattening': str(0),
+                               }
+
         if 'dtype' in projection_data.keys():
             del projection_data['dtype']
         
diff --git a/tests/run_scalability_tests_nord3v2.sh b/tests/run_scalability_tests_nord3v2.sh
index 214fecdde6de0e6e4d24d6fc14c679ee30a137e5..00039ad30a43a5229d95ca7de94968f32f253b88 100644
--- a/tests/run_scalability_tests_nord3v2.sh
+++ b/tests/run_scalability_tests_nord3v2.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SRCPATH="/gpfs/scratch/bsc32/bsc32538/NES_tests/NES/tests"
 
 module purge
 module load Python/3.7.4-GCCcore-8.3.0
-module load NES/1.0.0-nord3-v2-foss-2019b-Python-3.7.4
+module load NES/1.1.1-nord3-v2-foss-2019b-Python-3.7.4
 
 
 for EXE in "1.1-test_read_write_projection.py" "1.2-test_create_projection.py" "1.3-test_selecting.py" "2.1-test_spatial_join.py" "2.2-test_create_shapefile.py" "2.3-test_bounds.py" "2.4-test_cell_area.py" "3.1-test_vertical_interp.py" "3.2-test_horiz_interp_bilinear.py" "3.3-test_horiz_interp_conservative.py" "4.1-test_daily_stats.py" "4.2-test_sum.py" "4.3-test_write_timestep.py"
diff --git a/tests/test_bash_mn4.cmd b/tests/test_bash_mn4.cmd
index f7450c727a820ded3b18268f9cdb9861e184a321..4a031efb9105f539e3733b3b475520c0fa6f84c9 100644
--- a/tests/test_bash_mn4.cmd
+++ b/tests/test_bash_mn4.cmd
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 module purge
 module use /gpfs/projects/bsc32/software/suselinux/11/modules/all
 
-module load NES/1.1.0-mn4-foss-2019b-Python-3.7.4
+module load NES/1.1.1-mn4-foss-2019b-Python-3.7.4
 module load OpenMPI/4.0.5-GCC-8.3.0-mn4
 
 cd /gpfs/projects/bsc32/models/NES_master/tests || exit
diff --git a/tests/test_bash_nord3v2.cmd b/tests/test_bash_nord3v2.cmd
index 1ef30c0fe0a983ea217ebc33b4b5ae9affbde4e3..c6b84090175017dfb5b56f7c522c069f7ca2f407 100644
--- a/tests/test_bash_nord3v2.cmd
+++ b/tests/test_bash_nord3v2.cmd
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 module purge
 
-module load NES/1.1.0-nord3-v2-foss-2019b-Python-3.7.4
+module load NES/1.1.1-nord3-v2-foss-2019b-Python-3.7.4
 
 cd /gpfs/projects/bsc32/models/NES_master/tests || exit
 
diff --git a/tutorials/Jupyter_bash_nord3v2.cmd b/tutorials/Jupyter_bash_nord3v2.cmd
index be19eba5303809cc295c955ab30bc5e4e1d124cc..94e4666039ac469c5c54a2aadcb386874e95e535 100644
--- a/tutorials/Jupyter_bash_nord3v2.cmd
+++ b/tutorials/Jupyter_bash_nord3v2.cmd
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ localhost:${port}  (prefix w/ https:// if using password)
 
 # load modules or conda environments here
 module load jupyterlab/3.0.9-foss-2019b-Python-3.7.4
-module load NES/1.1.0-nord3-v2-foss-2019b-Python-3.7.4
+module load NES/1.1.1-nord3-v2-foss-2019b-Python-3.7.4
 
 
 # DON'T USE ADDRESS BELOW.