diff --git a/rivet-bootstrap b/rivet-bootstrap
--- a/rivet-bootstrap
+++ b/rivet-bootstrap
@@ -1,197 +1,197 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Rivet bootstrapping / installation script for version 3.0.0
+# Rivet bootstrapping / installation script for version 3.0.x
 
 test -z "$BUILD_PREFIX" && BUILD_PREFIX="$PWD"
 test -z "$INSTALL_PREFIX" && INSTALL_PREFIX="$PWD/local"
 test -z "$MAKE" && MAKE="make -j3"
 
 test -z "$INSTALL_HEPMC" && INSTALL_HEPMC="1"
 test -z "$INSTALL_FASTJET" && INSTALL_FASTJET="1"
 test -z "$INSTALL_FJCONTRIB" && INSTALL_FJCONTRIB="1"
 test -z "$INSTALL_YODA" && INSTALL_YODA="1"
 test -z "$INSTALL_RIVET" && INSTALL_RIVET="1"
 
 test -z "$RIVET_VERSION" && RIVET_VERSION="3.0.1"
 test -z "$YODA_VERSION" && YODA_VERSION="1.7.7"
 
-test -z "$HEPMC_VERSION" && HEPMC_VERSION="2.06.09" #< TODO: update to 2.07 or 3.1 when stable releases available
+test -z "$HEPMC_VERSION" && HEPMC_VERSION="2.06.09" #< TODO: update to v3 when stable
 test -z "$FASTJET_VERSION" && FASTJET_VERSION="3.3.2"
 test -z "$FJCONTRIB_VERSION" && FJCONTRIB_VERSION="1.041"
 
 
 ## Rivet needs C++11 now: first run a simple test for that
 test -z "$CXX" && CXX="g++"
 echo "int main() { return 0; }" > cxxtest.cc
 CXX11=1
 $CXX -std=c++11 cxxtest.cc -o cxxtest &> /dev/null || CXX11=0
 rm -f cxxtest cxxtest.cc
 if [[ "$CXX11" -ne 1 ]]; then
     echo "$CXX does not accept the -std=c++11 flag. You need C++ to build Rivet: exiting installation :-("
     exit 1
 else
     echo "$CXX accepts the -std=c++11 flag: hurrah! Continuing installation..."
     echo
 fi
 
 ## Paths for the case of existing installations
 test -z "$HEPMCPATH" && HEPMCPATH="/usr"
 test -z "$FASTJETPATH" && FASTJETPATH="/usr"
 test -z "$YODAPATH" && YODAPATH="/usr"
 
 test -z "$RIVET_CONFFLAGS" && RIVET_CONFFLAGS="" #--enable-unvalidated
 test -z "$YODA_CONFFLAGS" && YODA_CONFFLAGS=""
 
 
 if [[ "$INSTALL_RIVETDEV" -eq "1" ]]; then
     ## For rivetdev we skip the normal yoda/rivet installation
     INSTALL_YODA="0"
     INSTALL_RIVET="0"
     ## Might need to install some extra toolkit bits for dev mode
     test -z "$INSTALL_AUTOTOOLS" && INSTALL_AUTOTOOLS="1"
     test -z "$INSTALL_HG" && INSTALL_HG="1"
     test -z "$INSTALL_CYTHON" && INSTALL_CYTHON="1"
 fi
 
 ## Disable asserts for production running
 export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DNDEBUG"
 
 
 ###############
 
 echo "Running Rivet bootstrap script"
 echo "Building Rivet $RIVET_VERSION, YODA $YODA_VERSION"
 
 ## Immediate exit on a command (group) failure and optional debug mode
 set -e
 test -n "$DEBUG" && set -x
 export PATH=$INSTALL_PREFIX/bin:$PATH
 
 function wget_untar { wget --no-check-certificate $1 -O- | tar xz; }
 function conf { ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_PREFIX "$@"; }
 function mmi { $MAKE "$@" && $MAKE install; }
 
 
 ## Make installation directory, with an etc subdir so Rivet etc. will install bash completion scripts
 mkdir -p $INSTALL_PREFIX/etc/bash_completion.d
 
 
 ## Install HepMC
 if [[ "$INSTALL_HEPMC" -eq "1" ]]; then
     cd $BUILD_PREFIX
     test -d hepmc$HEPMC_VERSION || wget_untar http://hepmc.web.cern.ch/hepmc/releases/hepmc$HEPMC_VERSION.tgz
     cd hepmc$HEPMC_VERSION
     conf --with-momentum=GEV --with-length=MM
     mmi
     HEPMCPATH=$INSTALL_PREFIX
 fi
 
 ## Install FastJet
 if [[ "$INSTALL_FASTJET" -eq "1" ]]; then
     cd $BUILD_PREFIX
     test -d fastjet-$FASTJET_VERSION || wget_untar http://www.fastjet.fr/repo/fastjet-$FASTJET_VERSION.tar.gz
     cd fastjet-$FASTJET_VERSION
     conf --enable-shared --disable-auto-ptr --enable-allcxxplugins
     mmi
     FASTJETPATH=$INSTALL_PREFIX
 fi
 
 ## Install fjcontrib
 if [[ "$INSTALL_FJCONTRIB" -eq "1" ]]; then
     cd $BUILD_PREFIX
     test -d fastjet-$FJCONTRIB_VERSION || wget_untar http://fastjet.hepforge.org/contrib/downloads/fjcontrib-$FJCONTRIB_VERSION.tar.gz
     cd fjcontrib-$FJCONTRIB_VERSION
     ./configure --fastjet-config=$FASTJETPATH/bin/fastjet-config CXXFLAGS=-fPIC # fastjet-config already contains INSTALL_PREFIX
     mmi fragile-shared-install
     # does not need FJCONTRIBPATH because the relevant includes/libraries are merged with regular FastJet structure
 fi
 
 ## Install YODA
 if [[ "$INSTALL_YODA" -eq "1" ]]; then
     cd $BUILD_PREFIX
     test -d YODA-$YODA_VERSION || wget_untar http://www.hepforge.org/archive/yoda/YODA-$YODA_VERSION.tar.gz
     cd YODA-$YODA_VERSION
     conf $YODA_CONFFLAGS
     mmi
     cp yodaenv.sh $INSTALL_PREFIX/yodaenv.sh
     YODAPATH=$INSTALL_PREFIX
 fi
 
 ## Install Rivet
 if [[ "$INSTALL_RIVET" -eq "1" ]]; then
     cd $BUILD_PREFIX
     test -d Rivet-$RIVET_VERSION || wget_untar http://www.hepforge.org/archive/rivet/Rivet-$RIVET_VERSION.tar.gz
     cd Rivet-$RIVET_VERSION
     conf $RIVET_CONFFLAGS \
         --with-yoda=$YODAPATH \
         --with-hepmc=$HEPMCPATH \
         --with-fastjet=$FASTJETPATH
     mmi
     cp rivetenv.sh rivetenv.csh $INSTALL_PREFIX/
 fi
 
 
 ## Following block for dev mode only -- non-developers should ignore
 if [[ "$INSTALL_RIVETDEV" -eq "1" ]]; then
     ## Install autotools
     if [[ "$INSTALL_AUTOTOOLS" -eq "1" ]]; then
         cd $BUILD_PREFIX
         function _build_autotool() {
             name=$1-$2
             if [ ! -e $name ]; then wget_untar http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/$1/$name.tar.gz; fi
             cd $name
             ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_PREFIX
             mmi
             cd ..
         }
         test -e $INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/m4       || { echo; echo "Building m4"; _build_autotool m4 1.4.18; }
         test -e $INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/autoconf || { echo; echo "Building autoconf"; _build_autotool autoconf 2.69; }
         test -e $INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/automake || { echo; echo "Building automake"; _build_autotool automake 1.16; }
         test -e $INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/libtool  || { echo; echo "Building libtool"; _build_autotool libtool 2.4.6; }
     fi
 
     ## Install hg
     if [[ "$INSTALL_HG" -eq "1" ]]; then
         cd $BUILD_PREFIX
         HG_VERSION=4.6.2
         test -d mercurial-$HG_VERSION || wget_untar http://mercurial-scm.org/release/mercurial-$HG_VERSION.tar.gz
         cd mercurial-$HG_VERSION
         $MAKE PREFIX=$INSTALL_PREFIX install-bin
     fi
 
     ## Install Cython
     if [[ "$INSTALL_CYTHON" -eq "1" ]]; then
         cd $BUILD_PREFIX
         CYTHON_VERSION=0.28.5
         test -d cython-$CYTHON_VERSION || { wget https://github.com/cython/cython/archive/$CYTHON_VERSION.tar.gz -O - | tar xz; }
         export PATH=$BUILD_PREFIX/cython-$CYTHON_VERSION/bin:$PATH
         export PYTHONPATH=$BUILD_PREFIX/cython-$CYTHON_VERSION:$PYTHONPATH
     fi
 
     ## Install dev YODA
     cd $BUILD_PREFIX
     hg clone https://phab.hepforge.org/source/yodahg/yoda -b release-1-7 --insecure
     cd yoda
     hg pull -u --insecure
     autoreconf -i
     conf $YODA_CONFFLAGS
     mmi
     cp yodaenv.sh $INSTALL_PREFIX/yodaenv.sh
     YODAPATH=$INSTALL_PREFIX
 
     ## Install dev Rivet
     cd $BUILD_PREFIX
-    hg clone https://phab.hepforge.org/source/rivethg/rivet -b release-2-7-x --insecure
+    hg clone https://phab.hepforge.org/source/rivethg/rivet -u release-3-0-x --insecure
     cd rivet
     hg pull -u --insecure
     autoreconf -i
     conf $RIVET_CONFFLAGS \
         --with-yoda=$YODAPATH \
         --with-hepmc=$HEPMCPATH \
         --with-fastjet=$FASTJETPATH
     mmi
     cp rivetenv.sh rivetenv.csh $INSTALL_PREFIX/
 fi
 
 ## Announce the build success
 echo; echo "All done. Now set some variables in your shell by sourcing $INSTALL_PREFIX/rivetenv.(c)sh"