diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 70071b11..6417a39f 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "Polynomials"
 uuid = "f27b6e38-b328-58d1-80ce-0feddd5e7a45"
 license = "MIT"
 author = "JuliaMath"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 
 [deps]
 Intervals = "d8418881-c3e1-53bb-8760-2df7ec849ed5"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b72330c..73164c15 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 Basic arithmetic, integration, differentiation, evaluation, and root finding over dense univariate polynomials.
 
 [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-blue.svg)](https://JuliaMath.github.io/Polynomials.jl/stable)
-[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-blue.svg)](https://JuliaMath.github.io/Polynomials.jl/dev)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/JuliaMath/Polynomials.jl.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/JuliaMath/Polynomials.jl)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/JuliaMath/Polynomials.jl/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/JuliaMath/Polynomials.jl)
 
diff --git a/src/common.jl b/src/common.jl
index d69000ef..17e2aa5b 100644
--- a/src/common.jl
+++ b/src/common.jl
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ fit(P::Type{<:AbstractPolynomial},
     y,
     deg::Integer = length(x) - 1;
     weights = nothing,
-    var = :x,) = fit'(P, promote(collect(x), collect(y))..., deg; weights = weights, var = var)
+    var = :x,) = fit′(P, promote(collect(x), collect(y))..., deg; weights = weights, var = var)
 
 #  avoid issue  214
 fit′(P::Type{<:AbstractPolynomial}, x, y, args...;kwargs...) = throw(MethodError("x and y do not produce abstract   vectors"))
diff --git a/test/StandardBasis.jl b/test/StandardBasis.jl
index f116dc3e..41b3f1ef 100644
--- a/test/StandardBasis.jl
+++ b/test/StandardBasis.jl
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ end
         @test_throws MethodError fit(Polynomial, rand(2,2), rand(2,2))
 
     end
+
+    # test default   (issue  #228)
+    fit(1:3,  rand(3))
 end
 
 @testset "Values" begin