diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 46cceb9fdc..bdee041615 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,47 @@
 # Pype changelog #
 Welcome to pype changelog
 
+## 2.3.0 ##
+_release date: 6 Oct 2019_
+
+**new**:
+- _(maya)_ support for yeti rigs and yeti caches
+- _(maya)_ validator for comparing arbitrary attributes against ftrack
+- _(pype)_ burnins can now show current date and time
+- _(muster)_ pools can now be set in render globals in maya
+- _(pype)_ Rest API has been implemented in beta stage
+- _(nuke)_ LUT loader has been added
+- _(pype)_ rudimentary user module has been added as preparation for user management
+- _(pype)_ a simple logging GUI has been added to pype tray
+- _(nuke)_ nuke can now bake input process into mov
+- _(maya)_ imported models now have selection handle displayed by defaulting
+- _(avalon)_ it's is now possible to load multiple assets at once using loader
+- _(maya)_ added ability to automatically connect yeti rig to a mesh upon loading
+
+**changed**:
+- _(ftrack)_ event server now runs two parallel processes and is able to keep queue of events to process.
+- _(nuke)_ task name is now added to all rendered subsets
+- _(pype)_ adding more families to standalone publisher
+- _(pype)_ standalone publisher now uses pyblish-lite
+- _(pype)_ standalone publisher can now create review quicktimes
+- _(ftrack)_ queries to ftrack were sped up
+- _(ftrack)_ multiple ftrack action have been deprecated
+- _(avalon)_ avalon upstream has been updated to 5.5.0
+- _(nukestudio)_ published transforms can now be animated
+-
+
+**fix**:
+- _(maya)_ fps popup button didn't work in some cases
+- _(maya)_ geometry instances and references in maya were losing shader assignments
+- _(muster)_ muster rendering templates were not working correctly
+- _(maya)_ arnold tx texture conversion wasn't respecting colorspace set by the artist
+- _(pype)_ problems with avalon db sync
+- _(maya)_ ftrack was rounding FPS making it inconsistent
+- _(pype)_ wrong icon names in Creator
+- _(maya)_ scene inventory wasn't showing anything if representation was removed from database after it's been loaded to the scene
+- _(nukestudio)_ multiple bugs squashed
+- _(loader)_ loader was taking long time to show all the loading action when first launcher in maya
+
 ## 2.2.0 ##
 _release date: 8 Sept 2019_
 
diff --git a/pype/__init__.py b/pype/__init__.py
index c2311dd528..91b72d7de5 100644
--- a/pype/__init__.py
+++ b/pype/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from pypeapp import config
 import logging
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-__version__ = "2.1.0"
+__version__ = "2.3.0"
 
 PACKAGE_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 PLUGINS_DIR = os.path.join(PACKAGE_DIR, "plugins")
diff --git a/pype/ftrack/events/event_sync_to_avalon.py b/pype/ftrack/events/event_sync_to_avalon.py
index a25866be65..3fe65bca11 100644
--- a/pype/ftrack/events/event_sync_to_avalon.py
+++ b/pype/ftrack/events/event_sync_to_avalon.py
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ class Sync_to_Avalon(BaseEvent):
                         avalon_project = result['project']
 
         except Exception as e:
+            session.reset() # reset session to clear it
+
             message = str(e)
             title = 'Hey You! Unknown Error has been raised! (*look below*)'
             ftrack_message = (
diff --git a/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/event_server_cli.py b/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/event_server_cli.py
index ec7cac9d6a..751d91ad4b 100644
--- a/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/event_server_cli.py
+++ b/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/event_server_cli.py
@@ -533,7 +533,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
     signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal_handler)
-    if hasattr(signal, "SIGKILL"):
-        signal.signal(signal.SIGKILL, signal_handler)
 
+    try:
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGKILL, signal_handler)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
     sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
diff --git a/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/sub_event_processor.py b/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/sub_event_processor.py
index 9444fe3ff0..4772c1e85e 100644
--- a/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/sub_event_processor.py
+++ b/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/sub_event_processor.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
     signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal_handler)
-    if hasattr(signal, "SIGKILL"):
+    try:
         signal.signal(signal.SIGKILL, signal_handler)
-
+    except OSError:
+        pass
     sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
diff --git a/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/sub_event_storer.py b/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/sub_event_storer.py
index 6e30fb99e2..a49561cfaf 100644
--- a/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/sub_event_storer.py
+++ b/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/sub_event_storer.py
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
     signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal_handler)
-    if hasattr(signal, "SIGKILL"):
+    try:
         signal.signal(signal.SIGKILL, signal_handler)
-
+    except OSError:
+        pass
     sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
diff --git a/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/sub_legacy_server.py b/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/sub_legacy_server.py
index c162b1abe1..01b1563db5 100644
--- a/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/sub_legacy_server.py
+++ b/pype/ftrack/ftrack_server/sub_legacy_server.py
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
     signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal_handler)
-    if hasattr(signal, "SIGKILL"):
+    try:
         signal.signal(signal.SIGKILL, signal_handler)
-
+    except OSError:
+        pass
     sys.exit(main(sys.argv))