diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 694d3e2c791c06313bfc681213497d77ec1196a2..e284e9803973524e457f08842acecfed1e80160d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ tox -e debug tests.requests.test_prometheus
 ```
 
 ## Releasenotes
+- 0.11.1 - Bug fixes in observation code
 - 0.11.
     * Added `MultiStationObservation` class for a pythonic interface with observations across multiple stations.
     * Added `StationObservation` class for pythonic interface with observations
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d9df1bbc0c7befdbc28d61efc28ed3e5c08d015f..af88ba824866fdf61bd6e3c8f83203f5d93d062b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.11.0
+0.11.1
diff --git a/lofar_station_client/observation/station_futures.py b/lofar_station_client/observation/station_futures.py
index eee7890931f069ff2851a1ee34a290f4c2342994..e00103a95e1953230d8a98e0ce0b75191b3ae27e 100644
--- a/lofar_station_client/observation/station_futures.py
+++ b/lofar_station_client/observation/station_futures.py
@@ -33,24 +33,18 @@ class StationFutures:
         self._json_specification = dumps(specification)
 
         try:
-            # connects to the tangoDb and get the proxies
+            # connects to the tangoDb and get the proxy
             self._control_proxy = DeviceProxy(
                 f"tango://{host}/STAT/ObservationControl/1"
             )
-            self._observation_proxy = DeviceProxy(
-                f"tango://{host}/STAT/observation/{self._id}"
-            )
-            # gives an exception when it fails to ping the proxies
+            # gives an exception when it fails to ping the proxy
             _ = self._control_proxy.ping()
-            _ = self._observation_proxy.ping()
 
             # set station to green mode
             self._control_proxy.set_green_mode(GreenMode.Futures)
-            self._observation_proxy.set_green_mode(GreenMode.Futures)
 
         except DevFailed as e:
             self._control_proxy = None
-            self._observation_proxy = None
 
             logger.warning(
                 "Failed to connect to device on host %s: %s: %s",
@@ -106,4 +100,4 @@ class StationFutures:
     @property
     def observation_proxy(self) -> DeviceProxy:
         """get the observation proxy of this station"""
-        return self._observation_proxy
+        return DeviceProxy(f"tango://{self.host}/STAT/observation/{self._id}")