diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index dd469f3a44633113154419b15da1cfb97f30a38a..a5f3654291743e5ac22fd3b938719e294b3a1e90 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+rm -r dist/ build/ .eggs/
 python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 python -m twine upload -s dist/*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9e090d6eea97ff209dea886965a6303b865a2031..cfdf462ce4217dc6180c0b7af60a87f20e2003c7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ MAJOR = 0
 MINOR = 3
 MICRO = 1
 PRE = ""  # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
-ISRELEASED = False
+ISRELEASED = True
 
 if PRE:
     VERSION = "{}.{}.{}-{}".format(MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO, PRE)
diff --git a/src/caosdb/common/models.py b/src/caosdb/common/models.py
index 77638589d3ed4cd9dcb63c1935bcf1c2a34283ce..d5a56257020be27c0e3c95a02bebb846a7689c85 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/common/models.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/common/models.py
@@ -538,6 +538,14 @@ class Entity(object):
         return self.properties
 
     def get_property(self, key):
+        result = None
+        if hasattr(key, "name"):
+            result = self.get_property(key.name)
+        if result is None and hasattr(key, "id"):
+            result = self.get_property(key.id)
+        if result is not None:
+            return result
+
         if isinstance(key, int):
             for p in self.properties:
                 if p.id is not None and int(p.id) == int(key):
diff --git a/unittests/test_property.py b/unittests/test_property.py
index 76ebe8052fa8104992d6f31fc7f73a4065de1215..7d8d238edd59e47707f6e1ad831b0bb640cf0a6d 100644
--- a/unittests/test_property.py
+++ b/unittests/test_property.py
@@ -72,3 +72,13 @@ def test_list_of_references_with_null():
 def test_role():
     prop = Property()
     assert prop.role == "Property"
+
+
+def test_get_property_with_entity():
+    p = Property(name="Prop")
+    r = Record().add_property("Prop", "blub")
+    assert r.get_property(p).value == "blub"
+
+    p = Property(id=1234)
+    r.add_property(id=1234, value="bla")
+    assert r.get_property(p).value == "bla"