diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index a4533ad..27c6e3f 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 ^codecov\.yml$
 ^\.github$
 ^vignettes/.lintr$
+^output
diff --git a/.buildlibrary b/.buildlibrary
index 51abf51..f82ab50 100644
--- a/.buildlibrary
+++ b/.buildlibrary
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ValidationKey: '4232949'
+ValidationKey: '598710'
 AutocreateReadme: yes
 AcceptedWarnings:
 - 'Warning: package ''.*'' was built under R version'
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 62f13da..7ccf77e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ repos:
     -   id: mixed-line-ending
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/lorenzwalthert/precommit
-    rev: 7910e0323d7213f34275a7a562b9ef0fde8ce1b9  # frozen: v0.4.2
+    rev: bae853d82da476eee0e0a57960ee6b741a3b3fb7  # frozen: v0.4.3
     hooks:
     -   id: parsable-R
     -   id: deps-in-desc
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 32e91d6..3d31bf6 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file.
 type: software
 title: 'piamValidation: Validation Tools for PIK-PIAM'
-version: 0.2.13
-date-released: '2024-05-30'
+version: 0.3.0
+date-released: '2024-08-22'
 abstract: The piamValidation package provides validation tools for the Potsdam Integrated
   Assessment Modelling environment.
 authors:
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4d642d8..ce54c7a 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: piamValidation
 Title: Validation Tools for PIK-PIAM
-Version: 0.2.13
-Date: 2024-05-30
+Version: 0.3.0
+Date: 2024-08-22
 Authors@R:
     c(person("Pascal", "Weigmann",, "pascal.weigmann@pik-potsdam.de", role = c("aut", "cre")),
       person("Oliver", "Richters",, role = "aut"))
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Suggests:
     remind2,
     rmarkdown
 Encoding: UTF-8
-RoxygenNote: 7.3.1
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
 Depends: 
     R (>= 2.10)
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39a7127..5786151 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Validation Tools for PIK-PIAM
 
-R package **piamValidation**, version **0.2.13**
+R package **piamValidation**, version **0.3.0**
 
 [![CRAN status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/piamValidation)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=piamValidation)  [![R build status](https://github.com/pik-piam/piamValidation/workflows/check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pik-piam/piamValidation/actions) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/piamValidation/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/piamValidation) [![r-universe](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/badges/piamValidation)](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/builds)
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ In case of questions / problems please contact Pascal Weigmann <pascal.weigmann@
 
 To cite package **piamValidation** in publications use:
 
-Weigmann P, Richters O (2024). _piamValidation: Validation Tools for PIK-PIAM_. R package version 0.2.13, <https://github.com/pik-piam/piamValidation>.
+Weigmann P, Richters O (2024). _piamValidation: Validation Tools for PIK-PIAM_. R package version 0.3.0, <https://github.com/pik-piam/piamValidation>.
 
 A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
   title = {piamValidation: Validation Tools for PIK-PIAM},
   author = {Pascal Weigmann and Oliver Richters},
   year = {2024},
-  note = {R package version 0.2.13},
+  note = {R package version 0.3.0},
   url = {https://github.com/pik-piam/piamValidation},
 }
 ```
diff --git a/man/validateScenarios.Rd b/man/validateScenarios.Rd
index 5968689..40c7610 100644
--- a/man/validateScenarios.Rd
+++ b/man/validateScenarios.Rd
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ format, in case of historic comparison, also path to reference data}
 \item{config}{select config from inst/config or give a full path to a config
 file on your computer}
 
-\item{outputFile}{give name of output file in case results should be exported}
+\item{outputFile}{give name of output file in case results should be exported
+include file extension}
 }
 \description{
 performs the validation checks from a config on a scenario data set