diff --git a/epygram/__init__.py b/epygram/__init__.py
index 32cafe9..0316357 100644
--- a/epygram/__init__.py
+++ b/epygram/__init__.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
 __all__ = []
 
-__version__ = '1.4.13'
+__version__ = '1.4.14'
 
 __license__ = 'CeCILL-C'
 
diff --git a/epygram/doc_sphinx/mk_html_doc.sh b/epygram/doc_sphinx/mk_html_doc.sh
index 90f27d4..b4e0a90 100755
--- a/epygram/doc_sphinx/mk_html_doc.sh
+++ b/epygram/doc_sphinx/mk_html_doc.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ then
 fi
 cp -f cheatsheet.pdf _static/.
 cp -f cheatsheet.pdf ../html/_downloads/cheatsheet.pdf
-#rm -f cheatsheet.log cheatsheet.aux cheatsheet.pdf
+
 echo "> Build Sphinx doc..."
-sphinx-build-3 -b $fmt . ../$fmt
+bld=`which sphinx-build-3`
+if [ "$?" != "0" ]
+then
+  bld=`which sphinx-build`
+fi
+$bld -b $fmt . ../$fmt
 cd ..
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index e66c67b..6ef7263 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-NOSE3list     = nosetests-3.7 nosetests3
+NOSE3list     = nosetests3 nosetests-3.7
 NOSE3         = $(shell for p in $(NOSE3list) ; do if which $$p >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo $$p ; break ; fi ; done)
 TEST_ALL      = test_formats.py test_geometries.py test_geometry_methods.py test_spectral.py test_util.py test_combinationsextractions.py
 TEST_BASE     = test_formats.py test_geometries.py test_spectral.py test_util.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ tests_all3:
 apptools: apptools3
 
 apptools3:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(APPTOOLS_DIR) all3
+	$(MAKE) -C $(APPTOOLS_DIR) all
 
 # notebooks gallery
 notebooks_get_inputs:
diff --git a/tests/data/geometries/profile_gridpoint.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py2 b/tests/data/geometries/profile_gridpoint.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py2
index 426665e..8a69184 100644
--- a/tests/data/geometries/profile_gridpoint.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py2
+++ b/tests/data/geometries/profile_gridpoint.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py2
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ p143
 sstRp144
 sS'position_on_horizontal_grid'
 p145
-V__unknown__
+Vcenter
 p146
 sS'geoid'
 p147
diff --git a/tests/data/geometries/profile_gridpoint.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py3 b/tests/data/geometries/profile_gridpoint.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py3
index 0595a08..539c1ae 100644
Binary files a/tests/data/geometries/profile_gridpoint.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py3 and b/tests/data/geometries/profile_gridpoint.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py3 differ
diff --git a/tests/data/geometries/profile_zonalband.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py2 b/tests/data/geometries/profile_zonalband.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py2
index cfcb6e8..c4cb243 100644
--- a/tests/data/geometries/profile_zonalband.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py2
+++ b/tests/data/geometries/profile_zonalband.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py2
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ tRp130
 sstRp131
 sS'position_on_horizontal_grid'
 p132
-V__unknown__
+Vcenter
 p133
 sS'geoid'
 p134
diff --git a/tests/data/geometries/profile_zonalband.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py3 b/tests/data/geometries/profile_zonalband.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py3
index 5683773..6d67116 100644
Binary files a/tests/data/geometries/profile_zonalband.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py3 and b/tests/data/geometries/profile_zonalband.ddhlfa_VCT1.pickle_py3 differ
diff --git a/tests/get_data.sh b/tests/get_data.sh
index f89d6b3..077d260 100755
--- a/tests/get_data.sh
+++ b/tests/get_data.sh
@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@ EOF
 tar -xf data.tgz
 rm -f data.tgz
 
+# to put data:
+#tar -czf data.tgz data
+#ftp $HOST
+#cd tests
+#put data.tgz
+#rm -f data.tgz
diff --git a/tests/test_apptools/Makefile b/tests/test_apptools/Makefile
index d189564..9b5d143 100644
--- a/tests/test_apptools/Makefile
+++ b/tests/test_apptools/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
 
-PYTHON2 = python2.7
-PYTHON3 = python3.7
+.PHONY: all cartoplot
 
-.PHONY: all all2 all3 cartoplot2 cartoplot3
+all: cartoplot
 
-all: all3
-
-all2: cartoplot2
-
-all3: cartoplot3
-
-cartoplot2:
-	. ./test-epy_cartoplot.sh $(PYTHON2)
-
-cartoplot3:
-	. ./test-epy_cartoplot.sh $(PYTHON3)
+cartoplot:
+	. ./test-epy_cartoplot.sh
diff --git a/tests/test_apptools/test-epy_cartoplot.sh b/tests/test_apptools/test-epy_cartoplot.sh
index 026d07d..89a66e2 100755
--- a/tests/test_apptools/test-epy_cartoplot.sh
+++ b/tests/test_apptools/test-epy_cartoplot.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-if [ "$1" == "" ]
+
+python=`which python3`
+
+if [ "$?" != "0" ]
 then
-  python=python3.7
-else
-  python=$1
+  echo "ERROR: do not know which 'python3' to use"
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 set -x
diff --git a/tests/util/abstract_testclasses.py b/tests/util/abstract_testclasses.py
index 299b28b..d7fe4de 100644
--- a/tests/util/abstract_testclasses.py
+++ b/tests/util/abstract_testclasses.py
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ def _test_pickled(self, filename, fid, picklename):
             if not self.update_pickle:
                 with open(picklename, 'rb') as pckl:
                     pt_pckld = pickle.load(pckl)
+                print(pt_pckld)
+                print(fld)
                 self.assertTrue(fld.tolerant_equal(pt_pckld),
                                 fld.recursive_diff(pt_pckld))
             else: