diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1cc5f657..8cfbc905 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.1.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d5ce7e17..d6bef345 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+gubbins (1.1.1~trusty1) trusty; urgency=low
+
+  * Message to tell user theres a problem with outgroups not a clade
+
+ -- Andrew Page <ap13@sanger.ac.uk>  Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:02	gubbins (1.1.0~trusty1) trusty; urgency=low
+
+	  * Allow for multiple outgroups
+
+	 -- Andrew Page <ap13@sanger.ac.uk>  Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:05:00 +0000
+:00 +0000
+
 gubbins (1.1.0~trusty1) trusty; urgency=low
 
   * Allow for multiple outgroups
diff --git a/python/gubbins/common.py b/python/gubbins/common.py
index dd464a2a..34ce2379 100644
--- a/python/gubbins/common.py
+++ b/python/gubbins/common.py
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ def get_monophyletic_outgroup(tree_name, outgroups):
     
     for leaf_node in tree.mrca(taxon_labels=outgroups).leaf_nodes():
       if leaf_node.taxon.label not in outgroups:
+        print "Your outgroups do not form a clade.\n  Using the first taxon "+str(outgroups[0])+" as the outgroup.\n  Taxon "+str(leaf_node.taxon.label)+" is in the clade but not in your list of outgroups."
         return [outgroups[0]]
     
     return outgroups