diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6d81a0..c3a60ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.31.1] - 2024-10-23
+
+## Fixed
+
+- Fixed string formatting for the "The request timed out after %(timeout)s seconds" error
+
 ## [0.31.0] - 2024-10-16
 
 Note: Release 0.30.5 was not done properly and was missing some code.
diff --git a/cove/input/views.py b/cove/input/views.py
index 5ab6585..18fec49 100644
--- a/cove/input/views.py
+++ b/cove/input/views.py
@@ -86,9 +86,8 @@ def data_input(request, form_classes=default_form_classes, text_file_name='test.
                 except requests.Timeout as err:
                     return render(request, 'error.html', context={
                         'sub_title': _(
-                            "The request timed out after %(timeout)s seconds",
-                            getattr(settings, "REQUESTS_TIMEOUT", "indefinite"),
-                        ),
+                            "The request timed out after %(timeout)s seconds"
+                        ) % getattr(settings, "REQUESTS_TIMEOUT", "indefinite"),
                         'link': 'index',
                         'link_text': _('Try Again'),
                         'msg': str(err)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5bf57e0..afbb720 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='libcoveweb',
-    version='0.31.0',
+    version='0.31.1',
     author='Open Data Services',
     author_email='code@opendataservices.coop',
     packages=find_packages(),