diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 119d6c030a..9f4ce0828d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ docs:
 
 	@echo "**********************************"
 	@echo "Trying to open the html at"
-	@echo "../proteus-website/index.html"
+	@echo "./docs/build/index.html"
 	@echo "**********************************"
-	-sensible-browser ../proteus-website/index.html &
+	-sensible-browser ./docs/build/index.html &
 
 test: air-water-vv check
 	@echo "**************************************************"
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 492252e3ed..e2edd87f2a 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ source/api/modules.rst:
 	sphinx-apidoc --output-dir=source/api ../proteus "../**/*.so" "../proteus/tests" "../proteus/test_utils" "../proteus/config" --maxdepth=1 --separate --module-first --templatedir=source/_templates/apidoc
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/capi/html/files.html:
+	mkdir -p ./build
 	doxygen
 
 dirhtml:
diff --git a/proteus/__init__.py b/proteus/__init__.py
index b44eaaf408..d5f98ccab2 100644
--- a/proteus/__init__.py
+++ b/proteus/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     import pkgutil
     __path__ = pkgutil.extend_path(__path__, __name__)
 
-__version__ = '1.7.1.dev0'
+__version__ = '1.7.2'
 
 __all__ = ["Archiver",
            "Domain",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 33a71b8112..a7bd77e8c4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
 
 def setup_given_extensions(extensions):
     setup(name='proteus',
-          version='1.7.1.dev0',
+          version='1.7.2',
           classifiers=[
               'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
               'Environment :: Console',