diff --git a/build_scripts/chey_intel_mkl_omp.sh b/build_scripts/chey_intel_mkl_omp.sh
index c6a766d..ee40614 100644
--- a/build_scripts/chey_intel_mkl_omp.sh
+++ b/build_scripts/chey_intel_mkl_omp.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ f2py *.f90 -m _wrffortran -h wrffortran.pyf --overwrite-signature
 cd ..
 
 python setup.py clean --all
-python setup.py config_fc --f90flags="-O3 -xHost -mkl -qopenmp" build_ext --rpath="/glade/u/apps/opt/intel/2017u1/compilers_and_libraries/linux/lib/intel64_lin:/glade/u/apps/opt/intel/2017u1/compilers_and_libraries/linux/mkl/lib/intel64_lin" --library-dirs="/glade/u/apps/opt/intel/2017u1/compilers_and_libraries/linux/lib/intel64_lin:/glade/u/apps/opt/intel/2017u1/compilers_and_libraries/linux/mkl/lib/intel64_lin" --libraries="mkl_intel_ilp64 mkl_intel_thread mkl_core iomp5 pthread m dl" build --compiler=intelem --fcompiler=intelem bdist_wheel
+python setup.py config_fc --f90flags="-xHost -mkl -qopenmp" build_ext --rpath="/glade/u/apps/opt/intel/2017u1/compilers_and_libraries/linux/lib/intel64_lin:/glade/u/apps/opt/intel/2017u1/compilers_and_libraries/linux/mkl/lib/intel64_lin" --library-dirs="/glade/u/apps/opt/intel/2017u1/compilers_and_libraries/linux/lib/intel64_lin:/glade/u/apps/opt/intel/2017u1/compilers_and_libraries/linux/mkl/lib/intel64_lin" --libraries="mkl_intel_ilp64 mkl_intel_thread mkl_core iomp5 pthread m dl" build --compiler=intelem --fcompiler=intelem bdist_wheel
 
 #pip install .
 
diff --git a/chey_intel.py b/chey_intel.py
index 1662af9..8ba16b7 100644
--- a/chey_intel.py
+++ b/chey_intel.py
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ class IntelFCompiler(BaseIntelFCompiler):
 
     def get_flags_opt(self):  # Scipy test failures with -O2
         v = self.get_version()
-        mpopt = 'qopenmp'
-        return ['-fp-model strict -O3 -{}'.format(mpopt)]
+        mpopt = ''
+        return ['-fp-model strict -O2 -{}'.format(mpopt)]
 
     def get_flags_arch(self):
         return []
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ class IntelEM64TFCompiler(IntelFCompiler):
 
     def get_flags_opt(self):  # Scipy test failures with -O2
         v = self.get_version()
-        mpopt = 'qopenmp'
-        return ['-fp-model strict -O3 -{}'.format(mpopt)]
+        mpopt = ''
+        return ['-fp-model strict -O2 -{}'.format(mpopt)]
 
     def get_flags_arch(self):
         return ['']
diff --git a/doc/source/new.rst b/doc/source/new.rst
index e2ff9cc..5197ebb 100644
--- a/doc/source/new.rst
+++ b/doc/source/new.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ What's New
 Releases
 -------------
 
+v1.1.1
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Release 1.1.1
+- Added script for building on Cheyenne with maxed out Intel settings, which 
+  also included a patch for numpy.distutils.
+- Fixed a few unicode characters hiding in a docstring that were causing 
+  problems on Cheyenne, and also building the docs with Sphinx with Python 2.x.
+
+
 v1.1.0
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/src/wrf/version.py b/src/wrf/version.py
index aebf1b8..c5762ad 100644
--- a/src/wrf/version.py
+++ b/src/wrf/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = "1.1.0"
+__version__ = "1.1.1"