diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d4c4b54b7ccf30c6d9c6bcaba18851a613a0c1cf..0c6173b5f11afba8b475d1240b6566599dc469fd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-3.0.1
+3.1.0
 
diff --git a/bin/earthdiags b/bin/earthdiags
index 200086ee283ea3c8b0eb15435d3a2d347dbc238d..99a4a3777ff981c412040f8a7092e53ccf111cae 100644
--- a/bin/earthdiags
+++ b/bin/earthdiags
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-scriptdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
-assert sys.path[0] == scriptdir
-sys.path[0] = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(scriptdir, os.pardir))
-
 # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences,PyPep8
 from earthdiagnostics.earthdiags import EarthDiags
 
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 4d4b99356817bc5dcb170b582f8ce9726aba15e1..4fe7782dfaad333f2a3d71136eb7291270c404c5 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ copyright = u'2018, BSC-CNS Earth Sciences Department'
 # built documents.source ~/vi
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '3.0'
+version = '3.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '3.0.1'
+release = '3.1.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.