diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d779178df..ad8f0a9d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ More examples can be found [here](https://tuplex.cs.brown.edu/gettingstarted.htm
 To install Tuplex, you can use a PyPi package for Linux or MacOS(Intel), or a Docker container which will launch a jupyter notebook with Tuplex preinstalled.
 #### Docker
 ```
-docker run -p 8888:8888 tuplex/tuplex:v0.3.6dev
+docker run -p 8888:8888 tuplex/tuplex:v0.3.6
 ```
 #### PyPI
 ```
diff --git a/benchmarks/311/create_conf.py b/benchmarks/311/create_conf.py
index c5e2cfaed..5ae3e6532 100644
--- a/benchmarks/311/create_conf.py
+++ b/benchmarks/311/create_conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# (c) 2020 L.Spiegelberg
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg
 # this script creates Tuplex json configuration files for benchmarks
 
 import json
diff --git a/benchmarks/dirty_zillow/benchmark_interpreter_vs_compiled_resolve.sh b/benchmarks/dirty_zillow/benchmark_interpreter_vs_compiled_resolve.sh
index 04e69150e..097bc8ed0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/dirty_zillow/benchmark_interpreter_vs_compiled_resolve.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/dirty_zillow/benchmark_interpreter_vs_compiled_resolve.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# (c) 2021 L.Spiegelberg
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg
 # this file compares how fast in a single-threaded setting resolving via
 # 1. interpreter only vs. 2. compiled code path is
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/dirty_zillow/create_conf.py b/benchmarks/dirty_zillow/create_conf.py
index 39bd486d1..5d90e2fe1 100644
--- a/benchmarks/dirty_zillow/create_conf.py
+++ b/benchmarks/dirty_zillow/create_conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# (c) 2020 L.Spiegelberg
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg
 # this script creates Tuplex json configuration files for benchmarks
 
 import json
diff --git a/benchmarks/flights/benchmark-tuplex-caching.sh b/benchmarks/flights/benchmark-tuplex-caching.sh
index 7c5626c17..9776cb112 100644
--- a/benchmarks/flights/benchmark-tuplex-caching.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/flights/benchmark-tuplex-caching.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# (c) 2020 L.Spiegelberg
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg
 # run pyspark + tuplex with artitifical optimization barriers
 
 # Parse HWLOC settings
diff --git a/benchmarks/flights/create_conf.py b/benchmarks/flights/create_conf.py
index aa9b5ff2d..bed557ea3 100644
--- a/benchmarks/flights/create_conf.py
+++ b/benchmarks/flights/create_conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# (c) 2020 L.Spiegelberg
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg
 # this script creates Tuplex json configuration files for benchmarks
 
 import json
diff --git a/benchmarks/flights/runbenchmark.sh b/benchmarks/flights/runbenchmark.sh
index 9bf8da702..7b1c9424c 100644
--- a/benchmarks/flights/runbenchmark.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/flights/runbenchmark.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# (c) 2021 L.Spiegelberg
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg
 # runs Tuplex benchmark on AWS setup
 
 # use 11 runs and a timeout after 60min
diff --git a/benchmarks/logs/create_conf.py b/benchmarks/logs/create_conf.py
index c5e2cfaed..5ae3e6532 100644
--- a/benchmarks/logs/create_conf.py
+++ b/benchmarks/logs/create_conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# (c) 2020 L.Spiegelberg
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg
 # this script creates Tuplex json configuration files for benchmarks
 
 import json
diff --git a/benchmarks/sigmod21-reproducibility/README.md b/benchmarks/sigmod21-reproducibility/README.md
index 562a54b21..ec6eb2f99 100644
--- a/benchmarks/sigmod21-reproducibility/README.md
+++ b/benchmarks/sigmod21-reproducibility/README.md
@@ -177,4 +177,4 @@ The experiment comparing Tuplex's Lambda backend vs. Spark is unfortunately not
 The setup guide and source code for this experiment can be found in the `benchmarks/distributed` folder.
 
 --
-(c) 2021 Tuplex authors
+(c) 2017 - 2023 Tuplex authors
diff --git a/benchmarks/tpch/Q06/create_conf.py b/benchmarks/tpch/Q06/create_conf.py
index abe2b7344..e72bc74ea 100644
--- a/benchmarks/tpch/Q06/create_conf.py
+++ b/benchmarks/tpch/Q06/create_conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# (c) 2020 L.Spiegelberg
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg
 # this script creates Tuplex json configuration files for benchmarks
 
 import json
diff --git a/benchmarks/tpch/Q06/runbenchmark.sh b/benchmarks/tpch/Q06/runbenchmark.sh
index 920be7a93..8295e96a0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/tpch/Q06/runbenchmark.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/tpch/Q06/runbenchmark.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# (c) 2021 L.Spiegelberg
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg
 # runs Tuplex TPCH Q06 benchmark on AWS setup
 
 # use 11 runs and a timeout after 60min
diff --git a/benchmarks/tpch/Q19/create_conf.py b/benchmarks/tpch/Q19/create_conf.py
index abe2b7344..e72bc74ea 100644
--- a/benchmarks/tpch/Q19/create_conf.py
+++ b/benchmarks/tpch/Q19/create_conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# (c) 2020 L.Spiegelberg
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg
 # this script creates Tuplex json configuration files for benchmarks
 
 import json
diff --git a/benchmarks/tpch/Q19/runbenchmark.sh b/benchmarks/tpch/Q19/runbenchmark.sh
index 534512989..1fe4d9220 100644
--- a/benchmarks/tpch/Q19/runbenchmark.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/tpch/Q19/runbenchmark.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# (c) 2021 L.Spiegelberg
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg
 # runs Tuplex TPCH Q19 benchmark on AWS setup
 
 # use 11 runs and a timeout after 60min
diff --git a/doc/create-site.sh b/doc/create-site.sh
index 6ac49af95..702c5b9b3 100755
--- a/doc/create-site.sh
+++ b/doc/create-site.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# (c) 2020 L.Spiegelberg
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg
 # runs all command to package website
 
 rm -rf build
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 63c9f791a..5654ab6df 100755
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
 project = 'Tuplex'
-copyright = '(c) 2021 Tuplex Contributors'
+copyright = '(c) 2017 - 2023 Tuplex Contributors'
 author = 'Leonhard Spiegelberg'
 
 # The short X.Y version
 version="0.3"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release="0.3.6dev"
+release="0.3.6"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/examples/00_HelloTuplex.ipynb b/examples/00_HelloTuplex.ipynb
index cca4bf63d..f2b42f13f 100644
--- a/examples/00_HelloTuplex.ipynb
+++ b/examples/00_HelloTuplex.ipynb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
    "id": "e82e0f44",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "(c) 2022 Tuplex Team"
+    "(c) 2017 - 2023 Tuplex Team"
    ]
   }
  ],
diff --git a/scripts/build_linux_wheels.sh b/scripts/build_linux_wheels.sh
index d78877d72..9bf5885fb 100755
--- a/scripts/build_linux_wheels.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_linux_wheels.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# (c) 2021 Tuplex team
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 Tuplex team
 # this script invokes the cibuildwheel process with necessary env variables to build the wheel for linux/docker
 # builds wheels for python 3.7 - 3.9
 
diff --git a/scripts/docker/benchmark/Dockerfile b/scripts/docker/benchmark/Dockerfile
index 9ea6bfa4d..4188a4aee 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/benchmark/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/docker/benchmark/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Docker image based on Ubuntu 20.04 which holds all frameworks for evaluation
-# (c) 2021 L.Spiegelberg, R. Yesantharao
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L.Spiegelberg, R. Yesantharao
 
 FROM ubuntu:20.04
 MAINTAINER Leonhard Spiegelberg "leonhard_spiegelberg@brown.edu"
diff --git a/scripts/docker/benchmark/create-image.sh b/scripts/docker/benchmark/create-image.sh
index 561b197db..d4aed79b1 100755
--- a/scripts/docker/benchmark/create-image.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker/benchmark/create-image.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# (c) 2021 Tuplex contributors
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 Tuplex contributors
 # builds benchmark image
 
 while :; do
diff --git a/scripts/docker/ci/create-image.sh b/scripts/docker/ci/create-image.sh
index 589e2ccd9..a58a73230 100755
--- a/scripts/docker/ci/create-image.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker/ci/create-image.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# (c) 2021 Tuplex contributors
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 Tuplex contributors
 # builds CI image
 
 while :; do
diff --git a/scripts/docker/tuplex/Dockerfile b/scripts/docker/tuplex/Dockerfile
index 2a59b4313..b0651a2d2 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/tuplex/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/docker/tuplex/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# (c) 2022 Tuplex contributors
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 Tuplex contributors
 # a ready-to-run Tuplex version on a jupyter image
 # docker pull jupyter/minimal-notebook:python-3.9.13
 
diff --git a/scripts/docker/tuplex/create-image.sh b/scripts/docker/tuplex/create-image.sh
index 48acf1c15..3bc88141a 100755
--- a/scripts/docker/tuplex/create-image.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker/tuplex/create-image.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# (c) 2022 Tuplex contributors
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 Tuplex contributors
 # builds notebook image
 
 while :; do
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ cp -R ../../../examples/sample_data .
 # build benchmark docker image
 # copy from scripts to current dir because docker doesn't understand files
 # outside the build context
-docker build -t tuplex/tuplex:0.3.6dev -f Dockerfile . || exit 1
+docker build -t tuplex/tuplex:0.3.6 -f Dockerfile . || exit 1
 
 # is upload set?
 if [[ "${UPLOAD}" == 'SET' ]]; then
   docker login
-  docker push tuplex/tuplex:0.3.6dev
+  docker push tuplex/tuplex:0.3.6
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/macos/install_aws-sdk-cpp.sh b/scripts/macos/install_aws-sdk-cpp.sh
index ff6ff2411..16cd47b6f 100755
--- a/scripts/macos/install_aws-sdk-cpp.sh
+++ b/scripts/macos/install_aws-sdk-cpp.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # check if dir exists (i.e. restored from cache, then skip)
 if [ -d "/usr/local/include/aws" ]; then
-  echo ">> Skip aws-sdk-cpp compile from source, already exists"
+  echo ">> Skip aws-sdk-cpp compile from source, already exists."
   exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ MACOS_VERSION=$(sw_vers -productVersion)
 echo "-- processing on MacOS ${MACOS_VERSION}"
 function version { echo "$@" | awk -F. '{ printf("%d%03d%03d%03d\n", $1,$2,$3,$4); }'; }
 
-MACOS_VERSION_MAJOR=${MACOS_VERSION%.*}
-if [ $MACOS_VERSION_MAJOR -ge 11 ]; then
+MACOS_VERSION_MAJOR=$(echo "$MACOS_VERSION" | awk -F \. {'print $1'})
+if (( $MACOS_VERSION_MAJOR >= 11 )); then
     echo "-- Newer MacOS detected (>=11.0), using more recent base target."
-    MACOS_VERSION_MAJOR=${MACOS_VERSION%.*}
     echo "-- Using minimum target ${MACOS_VERSION_MAJOR}.0"
     MINIMUM_TARGET="-DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=${MACOS_VERSION_MAJOR}.0"
 else
diff --git a/scripts/set_version.py b/scripts/set_version.py
index 566268883..a9bcb27f0 100755
--- a/scripts/set_version.py
+++ b/scripts/set_version.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def LooseVersion(v):
 
 
 # to create a testpypi version use X.Y.devN
-version = '0.3.6dev'
+version = '0.3.6'
 
 # https://pypi.org/simple/tuplex/
 # or https://test.pypi.org/simple/tuplex/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c7e414936..c3616d281 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -79,12 +79,39 @@ def in_google_colab():
     'iso8601'
 ]
 
+def run_command(cmd, cwd, env):
+    """
+    run shell command `cmd`
+    :param cmd: command to run (list of strings)
+    :param cwd: working directory for command
+    :param env: environment dictionary
+    
+    "raises": raise subprocess.Ca
+    """
+
+    output, error = None, None
+    res = None
+    try:
+        res = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, cwd=cwd, env=env)
+        output, error = res.communicate()
+        if output:
+            logging.info(f"ret> {res.returncode}")
+            logging.info(f"OK> output {output.decode()}")
+        if error:
+            logging.info(f"ret> {res.returncode}")
+            logging.info(f"Error> error {error.decode().strip()}")
+    except os.OSError as e:
+        logging.error(f"OSError > {e.errno}")
+        logging.error(f"OSError > {e.strerror}")
+        logging.error(f"OSError > {e.filename}")
+    except:
+        logging.error("Error > {sys.exc_info()[0]}")
+        raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(res.returncode if res else 1, cmd, output, error)
+
 # dependencies for AWS Lambda backend...
 # boto is broken currently...
 aws_lambda_dependencies = []
 
-# check python version, e.g., cloudpickle is specific
-
 # manual fix for google colab
 if in_google_colab():
     logging.debug('Building dependencies for Google Colab environment')
@@ -515,16 +542,17 @@ def parse_bool_option(key):
         if 'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET' not in build_env.keys() and platform.system().lower() == 'darwin':
             build_env['MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = macos_build_target
 
-        subprocess.check_call(
-            ["cmake", ext.sourcedir] + cmake_args, cwd=self.build_temp, env=build_env
-        )
+        cmake_command = ["cmake", ext.sourcedir] + cmake_args
+        logging.info('cmake build command: {}'.format(' '.join(cmake_command)))
+        run_command(cmake_command, cwd=self.build_temp, env=build_env)
+
         logging.info('configuration done, workdir={}'.format(self.build_temp))
         subprocess.check_call(
             ["cmake", "--build", "."] + build_args, cwd=self.build_temp, env=build_env
         )
 
         # this helps to search paths in doubt
-        # print('searching for .so files in {}'.format(self.build_temp))
+        # logging.info('searching for .so files in {}'.format(self.build_temp))
         # subprocess.check_call(['find', '.', '-name', '*.so'], cwd = self.build_temp)
         # subprocess.check_call(['find', '.', '-name', '*.so'], cwd = ext.sourcedir)
 
@@ -667,7 +695,7 @@ def tplx_package_data():
 # logic and declaration, and simpler if you include description/version in a file.
 setup(name="tuplex",
     python_requires='>=3.8.0',
-    version="0.3.6dev",
+    version="0.3.6",
     author="Leonhard Spiegelberg",
     author_email="tuplex@cs.brown.edu",
     description="Tuplex is a novel big data analytics framework incorporating a Python UDF compiler based on LLVM "
diff --git a/tuplex/awslambda/resources/scripts/make_lambda.sh b/tuplex/awslambda/resources/scripts/make_lambda.sh
index 0c36fcf57..15ffb0f1d 100755
--- a/tuplex/awslambda/resources/scripts/make_lambda.sh
+++ b/tuplex/awslambda/resources/scripts/make_lambda.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------//
 
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# (c) 2021 L. Spiegelberg, R. Yesantharao
+# (c) 2017 - 2023 L. Spiegelberg, R. Yesantharao
 # Create AWS Lambda function and upload the provided function zip file.
 
 LAMBDA_NAME=tplxlam
diff --git a/tuplex/historyserver/thserver/version.py b/tuplex/historyserver/thserver/version.py
index 2d7af0fea..7cb607a85 100644
--- a/tuplex/historyserver/thserver/version.py
+++ b/tuplex/historyserver/thserver/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# (c) L.Spiegelberg 2017 - 2022
-__version__="0.3.6dev"
\ No newline at end of file
+# (c) L.Spiegelberg 2017 - 2023
+__version__="0.3.6"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tuplex/python/setup.py b/tuplex/python/setup.py
index 1e07b1dd4..99ad427eb 100644
--- a/tuplex/python/setup.py
+++ b/tuplex/python/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="Tuplex",
-    version="0.3.6dev",
+    version="0.3.6",
     packages=find_packages(),
     package_data={
       # include libs in libexec
diff --git a/tuplex/python/tuplex/utils/version.py b/tuplex/python/tuplex/utils/version.py
index 2d7af0fea..7cb607a85 100644
--- a/tuplex/python/tuplex/utils/version.py
+++ b/tuplex/python/tuplex/utils/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# (c) L.Spiegelberg 2017 - 2022
-__version__="0.3.6dev"
\ No newline at end of file
+# (c) L.Spiegelberg 2017 - 2023
+__version__="0.3.6"
\ No newline at end of file