diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 130d76dc..abaff036 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 Changes
 -------
 
+3.1.1
+~~~~~
+
+Added shortcut config method to add simple template-based pages to clld apps.
+
+
 3.1.0
 ~~~~~
 
diff --git a/clld/__init__.py b/clld/__init__.py
index 4df0c006..7b0bf6e1 100644
--- a/clld/__init__.py
+++ b/clld/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from clld import interfaces
 
 
-__version__ = "3.1.0"
+__version__ = "3.1.1"
 
 
 class Resource(namedtuple('Resource', 'name model interface with_index with_rdfdump')):
diff --git a/clld/web/app.py b/clld/web/app.py
index e84ad614..27158235 100644
--- a/clld/web/app.py
+++ b/clld/web/app.py
@@ -449,6 +449,15 @@ def add_410(config, pattern, name=None):
     _route_and_view(config, pattern, gone, name=name)
 
 
+def add_page(config, name, pattern=None, view=None, template=None, views=None):
+    views = views or maybe_import('%s.views' % config.root_package.__name__)
+    config.add_route_and_view(
+        name,
+        pattern or '/' + name,
+        view or getattr(views, name, lambda r: {}),
+        renderer=template or name + '.mako')
+
+
 def includeme(config):
     """Upgrading:
 
@@ -520,6 +529,7 @@ def includeme(config):
         'add_settings_from_file': add_settings_from_file,
         'add_301': add_301,
         'add_410': add_410,
+        'add_page': add_page,
         'register_resource_routes_and_views': register_resource_routes_and_views,
     }.items():
         config.add_directive(name, func)
@@ -595,14 +605,9 @@ def includeme(config):
             if p.stem in home_comp and p.suffix == '.mako':
                 home_comp[p.stem] = True
 
-    views = maybe_import('%s.views' % root_package)
     for name, template in home_comp.items():
         if template:
-            config.add_route_and_view(
-                name,
-                '/' + name,
-                getattr(views, name, lambda r: {}),
-                renderer=name + '.mako')
+            config.add_page(name)
 
     config.add_settings({'home_comp': [k for k in home_comp.keys() if home_comp[k]]})
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index cc393145..750c6286 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -44,17 +44,17 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'clld'
-copyright = u'2016, Robert Forkel'
+copyright = u'Max Planck Society'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '3.1.0'
+release = '3.1.1'
 
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '3.1.0'
+version = '3.1.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 71a07a4b..2158514c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='clld',
-    version='3.1.0',
+    version='3.1.1',
     description=(
         'Python library supporting the development of cross-linguistic databases'),
     long_description=README,