diff --git a/cometspy/params.py b/cometspy/params.py
index 331e952..58646c1 100644
--- a/cometspy/params.py
+++ b/cometspy/params.py
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ def set_param(self, name, value):
         else:
             print('Parameter ' + name + ' does not exist')
 
+    def get_param(self, name):
+        if name in self.all_params:
+            return self.all_params[name]
+        else:
+            print('Parameter ' + name + ' does not exist')
+           
     def __init__(self, global_params=None, package_params=None):
         self.all_params = {'writeSpecificMediaLog': False,
                            'specificMediaLogRate': 1,
diff --git a/dist/cometspy-0.3.11.tar.gz b/dist/cometspy-0.3.11.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..376d096
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1a226ce..15fef4f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 setup(
     name='cometspy',
     packages=['cometspy'],
-    version='0.3.11',
+    version='0.4.0',
     license='GPL',
     description='The Python interface to COMETS',
     author='The COMETSPy Core Team',
     author_email='djordje.bajic@yale.edu',
     url='https://github.com/segrelab/cometspy',
-    download_url='https://github.com/segrelab/cometspy/archive/v0.3.11.tar.gz',  # New releases here!! 
+    download_url='https://github.com/segrelab/cometspy/archive/v0.4.0.tar.gz',  # New releases here!! 
     keywords=['metabolism', 'dynamic', 'flux', 'balance', 'analysis', 'spatial', 'evolution'],
     install_requires=[
         # I get to this in a second