diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d977493af..22c0998f4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ before_install:
     - pip install -U pytest mock
     - pip install -U statsmodels==0.8.0rc1
     - pip install -U tables
+    - pip install -U h5py
     - pip install -U tornado
     - pip install matplotlib==2.0.0
     - ls -al
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9adfa54e4..a0afca67d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Unreleased changes
 ------------------
 
+
+6.8.0 / 2017-06-13
+------------------
+* minor bugfixes
+* git repository changed, ``km3pipe update develop`` is broken for
+  all versions below 6.8.0
+
 6.7.1 / 2017-06-08
 ------------------
 * ControlHost improvements
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 45b79f281..dd53c0171 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mock
 pytest
 pytest-cov
+pytest-flake8
 twine
diff --git a/docs/dev.rst b/docs/dev.rst
index 06f18cbbe..864063232 100644
--- a/docs/dev.rst
+++ b/docs/dev.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Enter the virtualenv::
 Make a Fork of KM3Pipe
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Go to ``http://git.km3net.de/tgal/km3pipe`` and click on "Fork".
+Go to ``http://git.km3net.de/km3py/km3pipe`` and click on "Fork".
 
 
 Install in Developer Mode
diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
index 94f186089..fedb61580 100644
--- a/docs/install.rst
+++ b/docs/install.rst
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ To install the latest stable version:::
 
 To get the development version, use:::
 
-    $ pip install git+http://git.km3net.de/tgal/km3pipe.git@develop
+    $ pip install git+http://git.km3net.de/km3py/km3pipe.git@develop
 
 
 Updating
diff --git a/docs/version.txt b/docs/version.txt
index 917e16905..7e2a8fc8f 100755
--- a/docs/version.txt
+++ b/docs/version.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-KM3Pipe 6.7.1
+KM3Pipe 6.8.0
 =============
diff --git a/km3pipe/__version__.py b/km3pipe/__version__.py
index 109ea8d48..ec5e1d130 100644
--- a/km3pipe/__version__.py
+++ b/km3pipe/__version__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)  # pylint: disable=C0103
 
-version_info = (6, 7, 1, 'final', 0)
+version_info = (6, 8, 0, 'final', 0)
 
 
 def _get_version(version_info):
diff --git a/km3pipe/cmd.py b/km3pipe/cmd.py
index 58878e77d..87cbb53ae 100644
--- a/km3pipe/cmd.py
+++ b/km3pipe/cmd.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def runinfo(run_id, det_id, temporary=False):
 def update_km3pipe(git_branch=''):
     if git_branch == '' or git_branch is None:
         git_branch = 'master'
-    os.system("pip install -U git+http://git.km3net.de/tgal/km3pipe.git@{0}"
+    os.system("pip install -U git+http://git.km3net.de/km3py/km3pipe.git@{0}"
               .format(git_branch))
 
 
diff --git a/km3pipe/constants.py b/km3pipe/constants.py
index f0e908ff2..179cb86db 100644
--- a/km3pipe/constants.py
+++ b/km3pipe/constants.py
@@ -43,12 +43,3 @@
 # Default values for time residuals
 dt_window_l = -15  # ns
 dt_window_h = +25  # ns
-
-# taken from the LOI
-orca_longitude = 42 + (48/60)  # degree
-orca_latitude = 6 + (2/60)  # degree
-orca_height = -2450  # m
-
-arca_longitude = 36 + (16/60)  # degree
-arca_latitude = 10 + (6/60)  # degree
-arca_height = -3500  # m
diff --git a/km3pipe/io/pandas.py b/km3pipe/io/pandas.py
index d898eb0ad..8621c9e93 100644
--- a/km3pipe/io/pandas.py
+++ b/km3pipe/io/pandas.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 import tables as tb
-import h5py
 
 from km3pipe.logger import logging
 from km3pipe.tools import insert_prefix_to_dtype
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ class H5Chain(object):
     Parameters
     ----------
     filenames: list(str), or dict(fname -> h5file)
+    verbose: bool [default: False]
 
     Examples
     --------
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ class H5Chain(object):
     >>>     reco = h5['/reco']
 
     """
-    def __init__(self, filenames):
+    def __init__(self, filenames, verbose=False):
         self.filenames = filenames
+        self.verbose = verbose
 
     def close(self):
         pass
@@ -67,12 +68,19 @@ def __enter__(self):
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         dfs = []
         for fname in self.filenames:
-            with h5py.File(fname, 'r') as h5:
+            if self.verbose:
+                print('opening ', fname)
+            with tb.File(fname, 'r') as h5:
                 try:
-                    tab = h5[key][:]
+                    tab = h5.get_node(key)[:]
                 except KeyError as ke:
                     log.error('{} does not exist in {}!'.format(key, fname))
                     raise ke
+                except tb.exceptions.NodeError as ne:
+                    log.error('{} does not exist in {}!'.format(key, fname))
+                    raise ne
+            if self.verbose:
+                print(tab.shape)
             df = pd.DataFrame(tab)
             dfs.append(df)
         dfs = pd.concat(dfs, axis=0, ignore_index=True)
diff --git a/km3pipe/srv.py b/km3pipe/srv.py
index bec324a74..aa0b9c78b 100644
--- a/km3pipe/srv.py
+++ b/km3pipe/srv.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def srv_event(token, hits, url=RBA_URL):
         time = list(hits['time'])
         tot = list(hits['tot'])
     if isinstance(hits, HitSeries):
-        pos = [(h.pos.x, h.pos.y, h.pos.z) for h in hits]
+        pos = [(h.pos_x, h.pos_y, h.pos_z) for h in hits]
         time = [h.time for h in hits]
         tot = [h.tot for h in hits]
 
diff --git a/km3pipe/tests/test_cmd.py b/km3pipe/tests/test_cmd.py
index 0c160fdb0..0935745c8 100644
--- a/km3pipe/tests/test_cmd.py
+++ b/km3pipe/tests/test_cmd.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 __status__ = "Development"
 
 
-KM3PIPE_GIT = "http://git.km3net.de/tgal/km3pipe.git"
+KM3PIPE_GIT = "http://git.km3net.de/km3py/km3pipe.git"
 
 
 class TestDetx(TestCase):
diff --git a/km3pipe/utils/hdf2root.py b/km3pipe/utils/hdf2root.py
index 140e2c8f7..19e83893d 100644
--- a/km3pipe/utils/hdf2root.py
+++ b/km3pipe/utils/hdf2root.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ def hdf2root(infile, outfile, verbose=False):
             if arr.dtype.names is None:
                 dt = np.dtype((arr.dtype, [(leafname, arr.dtype)]))
                 arr = arr.view(dt)
-            tree = asrootpy(array2tree(arr, name=leaf._v_pathname))
+            treename = leaf._v_pathname.strip('/')
+            tree = asrootpy(array2tree(arr, name=treename))
             tree.write()
     rf.close()
     h5.close()
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 3899f8d41..d2e9b0b6d 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ git checkout develop
 git push
 git push --tags
 
+set +e
 git checkout svn
 git merge master
 git svn dcommit
 
 svn copy "${KP_SVN}/git" "${SVN}/tag/v${VERSION}" -m "KM3Pipe Release ${VERSION}"
-
+#
 git checkout develop
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..057ef4693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[tool:pytest]
+flake8-ignore = E265