diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ef538c281..6ebad1488 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.2
+3.1.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ete3/treeview/layouts.py b/ete3/treeview/layouts.py
index 2c1c4e866..a319e1c03 100644
--- a/ete3/treeview/layouts.py
+++ b/ete3/treeview/layouts.py
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@
 
 def basic(node):
     if node.is_leaf():
-        #node.img_style["size"]=1
-        #node.img_style["shape"] = "circle"
+        node.img_style["size"]=2
+        node.img_style["shape"] = "square"
         faces.add_face_to_node(faces.AttrFace("name","Arial",10,"#4f8f0f",None), node, 0 )
 
 def phylogeny(node):
     leaf_color = "#000000"
-    node.img_style["shape"] = "circle"
+    node.img_style["shape"] = "square"
+    node.img_style["size"] = 2
     if hasattr(node,"evoltype"):
         if node.evoltype == 'D':
             node.img_style["fgcolor"] = "#FF0000"
@@ -71,14 +72,14 @@ def phylogeny(node):
 
     if node.is_leaf():
         node.img_style["shape"] = "square"
-        node.img_style["size"] = 4
+        node.img_style["size"] = 2
         node.img_style["fgcolor"] = leaf_color
         faces.add_face_to_node( faces.AttrFace("name","Arial",11,leaf_color,None), node, 0 )
         if hasattr(node,"sequence"):
             SequenceFace =  faces.SequenceFace(node.sequence,"aa",13)
             faces.add_face_to_node(SequenceFace, node, 1, aligned=True)
     else:
-        node.img_style["size"] = 6
+        node.img_style["size"] = 2
 
 def heatmap(node):
     square_size = 10