diff --git a/python/microns-materialization-api/microns_materialization_api/__init__.py b/python/microns-materialization-api/microns_materialization_api/__init__.py
index 7b4c112..b7e57dc 100644
--- a/python/microns-materialization-api/microns_materialization_api/__init__.py
+++ b/python/microns-materialization-api/microns_materialization_api/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from microns_utils import version_utils
 
-__version__ = version_utils.get_package_version(
+__version__ = version_utils.check_package_version(
     package='microns-materialization-api', 
     check_if_latest=True, 
     check_if_latest_kwargs=dict(
@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@
         repo='microns-materialization', 
         source='tag', 
     )
-)
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+)
+
+def check_latest_version_from_github(owner='cajal', repo='microns-materialization', source='tag', branch=None, path_to_version_file=None, warn=True):
+    """
+    Wrapper for :func:`~microns_utils.version_utils.check_latest_version_from_github`
+    """
+    return version_utils.check_latest_version_from_github(owner=owner, repo=repo, source=source, branch=branch, path_to_version_file=path_to_version_file, warn=warn)
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diff --git a/python/microns-materialization/microns_materialization/__init__.py b/python/microns-materialization/microns_materialization/__init__.py
index ba59899..acd73fd 100644
--- a/python/microns-materialization/microns_materialization/__init__.py
+++ b/python/microns-materialization/microns_materialization/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from microns_utils import version_utils
 
-__version__ = version_utils.get_package_version(
+__version__ = version_utils.check_package_version(
     package='microns-materialization', 
     check_if_latest=True, 
     check_if_latest_kwargs=dict(
@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@
         repo='microns-materialization', 
         source='tag', 
     )
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
+
+def check_latest_version_from_github(owner='cajal', repo='microns-materialization', source='tag', branch=None, path_to_version_file=None, warn=True):
+    """
+    Wrapper for :func:`~microns_utils.version_utils.check_latest_version_from_github`
+    """
+    return version_utils.check_latest_version_from_github(owner=owner, repo=repo, source=source, branch=branch, path_to_version_file=path_to_version_file, warn=warn)
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diff --git a/python/version.py b/python/version.py
index a0235ce..e344246 100644
--- a/python/version.py
+++ b/python/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.2"
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+__version__ = "0.0.3"
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