diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b2dd3b7..35bf35b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.1.4] - 2024-06-28
+
+* relax naming convention for single file upload
+
 ## [1.1.3] - 2024-06-20
 
 * fix fsync upload
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5ae30a9..4df4847 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyfusion"
-version = "1.1.3"
+version = "1.1.4"
 dependencies = [
  "pyo3",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 704cceb..f1981ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pyfusion"
-version = "1.1.3"
+version = "1.1.4"
 edition = "2021"
 
 
diff --git a/py_src/fusion/__init__.py b/py_src/fusion/__init__.py
index 9366f29..beb5dd1 100644
--- a/py_src/fusion/__init__.py
+++ b/py_src/fusion/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 __author__ = """Fusion Devs"""
 __email__ = "fusion_developers@jpmorgan.com"
-__version__ = "1.1.3"
+__version__ = "1.1.4"
 
 from fusion.authentication import FusionCredentials
 from fusion.fs_sync import fsync
diff --git a/py_src/fusion/fusion.py b/py_src/fusion/fusion.py
index 69a69f1..8bf73f4 100644
--- a/py_src/fusion/fusion.py
+++ b/py_src/fusion/fusion.py
@@ -1047,7 +1047,8 @@ def upload(  # noqa: PLR0913
             path (str): path to a file or a folder with files
             dataset (str, optional): Dataset name to which the file will be uplaoded (for single file only).
                                     If not provided the dataset will be implied from file's name.
-            dt_str (str, optional): A single date. Defaults to 'latest' which will return the most recent.
+            dt_str (str, optional): A file name. Can be any string but is usually a date. 
+                                    Defaults to 'latest' which will return the most recent.
                                     Relevant for a single file upload only. If not provided the dataset will
                                     be implied from file's name.
             catalog (str, optional): A catalog identifier. Defaults to 'common'.
@@ -1101,8 +1102,10 @@ def upload(  # noqa: PLR0913
                     warnings.warn(msg, stacklevel=2)
                     return [(False, path, msg)]
                 is_raw = js.loads(fs_fusion.cat(f"{catalog}/datasets/{dataset}"))["isRawData"]
-                file_format = path.split(".")[-1]
-                local_url_eqiv = [path_to_url(f"{dataset}__{catalog}__{dt_str}.{file_format}", is_raw)]
+                file_format = path.split(".")[-1] if not is_raw else "raw"
+                local_url_eqiv = [
+                    "/".join(distribution_to_url("", dataset, dt_str, file_format, catalog, False).split("/")[1:])
+                ]
 
         data_map_df = pd.DataFrame([file_path_lst, local_url_eqiv]).T
         data_map_df.columns = ["path", "url"]  # type: ignore
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e853e51..d9b19e2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyfusion"
-version = "1.1.3"
+version = "1.1.4"
 
 homepage = "https://github.com/jpmorganchase/fusion"
 description = "JPMC Fusion Developer Tools"
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ report.fail_under = 60
 run.parallel = true
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "1.1.3"
+current_version = "1.1.4"
 parse = '(?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(?:-(?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<candidate>\d+))?'
 serialize = [
     '{major}.{minor}.{patch}-{release}{candidate}',