diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 02306a3e6d..0d2f7063da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ language.settings.xml
 .settings
 nbproject
 .*.swp
-Sming.wiki
+Sming/compiler/lib/lib*.a
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f0eae41c30..890a61d9b1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 [submodule "Sming.wiki"]
 	path = docs/wiki
 	url = https://github.com/SmingHub/Sming.wiki.git
+	ignore = dirty
 [submodule "Sming/third-party/esp-gdbstub"]
 	path = Sming/third-party/esp-gdbstub
 	url = https://github.com/espressif/esp-gdbstub.git
@@ -27,3 +28,4 @@
 [submodule "Sming/third-party/esp-open-lwip"]
 	path = Sming/third-party/esp-open-lwip
 	url = https://github.com/pfalcon/esp-open-lwip.git
+	ignore = dirty
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 5d5579e589..db35b33871 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ OS = Operating System
 SDK = Software Development Kit
 n/a = The selected SDK is not available on that OS
 
-## Latest Release
-- [Sming V3.0.1](https://github.com/SmingHub/Sming/releases/tag/3.0.1)
+## Latest Stable Release
+- [Sming V3.1.0](https://github.com/SmingHub/Sming/releases/tag/3.1.0)
 
 ## Getting started
 - [Windows](https://github.com/SmingHub/Sming/wiki/Windows-Quickstart)
diff --git a/Sming/Makefile b/Sming/Makefile
index b785fb5694..77d8857f28 100644
--- a/Sming/Makefile
+++ b/Sming/Makefile
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ SPIFF_FILES = files
 
 BUILD_BASE	= out/build
 FW_BASE		= out/firmware
+USER_LIBDIR = compiler/lib
 
 LIBSMING = libsming
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_SSL),1)
@@ -176,7 +177,6 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_CUSTOM_LWIP), 1)
 endif
 
 # libraries used in this project, mainly provided by the SDK
-USER_LIBDIR = compiler/lib
 LIBS		= microc microgcc hal phy pp net80211 $(LIBLWIP) wpa main
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_CUSTOM_PWM), 1)
 	THIRD_PARTY_DATA += third-party/pwm/pwm.c
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ EXTRA_INCDIR	:= $(addprefix -I,$(EXTRA_INCDIR))
 MODULE_INCDIR	:= $(addsuffix /include,$(INCDIR))
 
 SAMPLES_DIRS := $(shell ls -1 ../samples)
+THIRD_PARTY_DIRS := $(shell ls -1 third-party )
 DOXYGEN := $(shell command -v doxygen 2> /dev/null)
 
 V ?= $(VERBOSE)
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ third-party/%:
 	$(vecho) "Fetching $(dir $@) ..."
 	$(Q) $(GIT) submodule update --init --recursive $(dir $@)
 	$(Q) touch $(patsubst third-party/%/,third-party/.patches/%.patch, $(dir $@))
-	$(Q) -cd $(dir $@); $(GIT) apply -v $(patsubst third-party/%/,$(SMING_HOME)/third-party/.patches/%.patch, $(dir $@))
+	$(Q) -cd $(dir $@); $(GIT) apply -v $(patsubst third-party/%/,$(SMING_HOME)/third-party/.patches/%.patch, $(dir $@)) --ignore-whitespace --whitespace=nowarn
 # if the new submodule brings source code files that need to be compiled inside Sming
 # then we need somehow to be able to "see" these new files. 
 # For now we solve this by "reloading" the makefile after fetching a module.
@@ -409,6 +410,18 @@ samples-clean:
 	$(Q) for dir in $(SAMPLES_DIRS); do \
           $(MAKE) -C $(SMING_HOME)/../samples/$$dir clean; \
         done
+        
+third-party-clean:
+	$(Q) for dir in $(THIRD_PARTY_DIRS); do \
+          rm -rf third-party/$$dir; \
+        done
+	$(Q) $(GIT) checkout third-party     
+       
+dist-clean: clean samples-clean third-party-clean
+	$(Q) for file in $(shell ls $(USER_LIBDIR)/lib*.a ); do \
+ 	   rm $$file; \
+ 	done
+	$(Q) $(GIT) checkout $(USER_LIBDIR)
 
 $(foreach bdir,$(BUILD_DIR),$(eval $(call compile-objects,$(bdir))))
 
diff --git a/Sming/SmingCore/SmingCore.h b/Sming/SmingCore/SmingCore.h
index 6b83a14375..b703bf91f2 100644
--- a/Sming/SmingCore/SmingCore.h
+++ b/Sming/SmingCore/SmingCore.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #ifndef _NET_WIRING_
 #define _NET_WIRING_
 
-#define SMING_VERSION "3.0.1" // Major Minor Sub
+#define SMING_VERSION "3.1.0" // Major Minor Sub
 
 #include "../Wiring/WiringFrameworkIncludes.h"