diff --git a/data/.gitignore b/data/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c6f7c923..000000000
--- a/data/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore output folder
-output
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e2b1d0eb2..d49487ffb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 setup(
     name="pyhelios",
-    version="1.2.0",
+    version="1.3.0",
     author="HELIOS++ dev team",
     author_email="helios@uni-heidelberg.de",
     description=("python bindings of the HELIOS++ Virtual Laser Scanning "