diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 70c79ba..17354d3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 endif()
 project(nc4fortran
   LANGUAGES Fortran
-  VERSION 0.4.0
+  VERSION 0.4.1
   DESCRIPTION "thin, light, easy NetCDF4 Fortran interface"
   HOMEPAGE_URL https://github.com/scivision/nc4fortran)
 enable_testing()
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5bdc750..2814ced 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('nc4fortran', 'fortran',
   meson_version : '>=0.52.0',
-  version: '0.4.0',
+  version: '0.4.1',
   default_options : ['default_library=static', 'buildtype=release', 'warning_level=3'])
 
 subdir('meson')
diff --git a/src/interface.f90 b/src/interface.f90
index 0068bd7..f12f17b 100644
--- a/src/interface.f90
+++ b/src/interface.f90
@@ -51,59 +51,59 @@ module subroutine nc_write_scalar(self, dname, value, ierr)
 integer, intent(out), optional :: ierr
 end subroutine nc_write_scalar
 
-module subroutine nc_write_1d(self, dname, value, dimnames, ierr)
+module subroutine nc_write_1d(self, dname, value, dims, ierr)
 class(netcdf_file), intent(in) :: self
 character(*), intent(in) :: dname
 class(*), intent(in) :: value(:)
-character(*), intent(in), optional :: dimnames(:)
+character(*), intent(in), optional :: dims(:)
 integer, intent(out), optional :: ierr
 end subroutine nc_write_1d
 
-module subroutine nc_write_2d(self, dname, value, dimnames, ierr)
+module subroutine nc_write_2d(self, dname, value, dims, ierr)
 class(netcdf_file), intent(in) :: self
 character(*), intent(in) :: dname
 class(*), intent(in) :: value(:,:)
-character(*), intent(in), optional :: dimnames(:)
+character(*), intent(in), optional :: dims(:)
 integer, intent(out), optional :: ierr
 end subroutine nc_write_2d
 
-module subroutine nc_write_3d(self, dname, value, dimnames, ierr)
+module subroutine nc_write_3d(self, dname, value, dims, ierr)
 class(netcdf_file), intent(in) :: self
 character(*), intent(in) :: dname
 class(*), intent(in) :: value(:,:,:)
-character(*), intent(in), optional :: dimnames(:)
+character(*), intent(in), optional :: dims(:)
 integer, intent(out), optional :: ierr
 end subroutine nc_write_3d
 
-module subroutine nc_write_4d(self, dname, value, dimnames, ierr)
+module subroutine nc_write_4d(self, dname, value, dims, ierr)
 class(netcdf_file), intent(in) :: self
 character(*), intent(in) :: dname
 class(*), intent(in) :: value(:,:,:,:)
-character(*), intent(in), optional :: dimnames(:)
+character(*), intent(in), optional :: dims(:)
 integer, intent(out), optional :: ierr
 end subroutine nc_write_4d
 
-module subroutine nc_write_5d(self, dname, value, dimnames, ierr)
+module subroutine nc_write_5d(self, dname, value, dims, ierr)
 class(netcdf_file), intent(in) :: self
 character(*), intent(in) :: dname
 class(*), intent(in) :: value(:,:,:,:,:)
-character(*), intent(in), optional :: dimnames(:)
+character(*), intent(in), optional :: dims(:)
 integer, intent(out), optional :: ierr
 end subroutine nc_write_5d
 
-module subroutine nc_write_6d(self, dname, value, dimnames, ierr)
+module subroutine nc_write_6d(self, dname, value, dims, ierr)
 class(netcdf_file), intent(in) :: self
 character(*), intent(in) :: dname
 class(*), intent(in) :: value(:,:,:,:,:,:)
-character(*), intent(in), optional :: dimnames(:)
+character(*), intent(in), optional :: dims(:)
 integer, intent(out), optional :: ierr
 end subroutine nc_write_6d
 
-module subroutine nc_write_7d(self, dname, value, dimnames, ierr)
+module subroutine nc_write_7d(self, dname, value, dims, ierr)
 class(netcdf_file), intent(in) :: self
 character(*), intent(in) :: dname
 class(*), intent(in) :: value(:,:,:,:,:,:,:)
-character(*), intent(in), optional :: dimnames(:)
+character(*), intent(in), optional :: dims(:)
 integer, intent(out), optional :: ierr
 end subroutine nc_write_7d
 
diff --git a/src/writer.f90 b/src/writer.f90
index 1f75815..c707f87 100644
--- a/src/writer.f90
+++ b/src/writer.f90
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 module procedure nc_write_1d
 integer :: varid, dimids(rank(value)),ier
 
-call self%def_dims(dname, dimnames, shape(value), dimids, ier)
+call self%def_dims(dname, dims, shape(value), dimids, ier)
 
 select type (value)
 type is (real(real64))
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 module procedure nc_write_2d
 integer :: varid, dimids(rank(value)), ier
 
-call self%def_dims(dname, dimnames, shape(value), dimids, ier)
+call self%def_dims(dname, dims, shape(value), dimids, ier)
 
 select type (value)
 type is (real(real64))
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 module procedure nc_write_3d
 integer :: varid, dimids(rank(value)), ier
 
-call self%def_dims(dname, dimnames, shape(value), dimids, ier)
+call self%def_dims(dname, dims, shape(value), dimids, ier)
 
 select type (value)
 type is (real(real64))
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 module procedure nc_write_4d
 integer :: varid, dimids(rank(value)), ier
 
-call self%def_dims(dname, dimnames, shape(value), dimids, ier)
+call self%def_dims(dname, dims, shape(value), dimids, ier)
 
 select type (value)
 type is (real(real64))
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 module procedure nc_write_5d
 integer :: varid, dimids(rank(value)), ier
 
-call self%def_dims(dname, dimnames, shape(value), dimids, ier)
+call self%def_dims(dname, dims, shape(value), dimids, ier)
 
 select type (value)
 type is (real(real64))
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 module procedure nc_write_6d
 integer :: varid, dimids(rank(value)), ier
 
-call self%def_dims(dname, dimnames, shape(value), dimids, ier)
+call self%def_dims(dname, dims, shape(value), dimids, ier)
 
 select type (value)
 type is (real(real64))
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 module procedure nc_write_7d
 integer :: varid, dimids(rank(value)), ier
 
-call self%def_dims(dname, dimnames, shape(value), dimids, ier)
+call self%def_dims(dname, dims, shape(value), dimids, ier)
 
 select type (value)
 type is (real(real64))