diff --git a/matlab/D3D/d3d_requests_mapping.m b/matlab/D3D/d3d_requests_mapping.m
index 90695505311c8f4f0cb377308de15cf7d77c9708..a40639a32184a880c4c2f6ec16157a9cfd1ad119 100644
--- a/matlab/D3D/d3d_requests_mapping.m
+++ b/matlab/D3D/d3d_requests_mapping.m
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ switch lower(data_request)
     mapping.label = 'NEBAR\_R0';
     mapping.method = 'signal';
     mapping.expression = [{'efit01'},{'\NEBAR_R0'}];
+  case 'nel_v1'
+    mapping.timedim = 1;
+    mapping.label = 'NEBAR\_V1';
+    mapping.method = 'signal';
+    mapping.expression = [{'efit01'},{'\NEBAR_V1'}];
   case {'ne', 'ne_rho'}
     mapping.timedim = 2;
     mapping.label = 'ne';
diff --git a/matlab/D3D/gdat_d3d.m b/matlab/D3D/gdat_d3d.m
index 83e1daa77e88921b536aac6ab7137b7d619a7611..cb99b07a4988aa0737991e28b54879960a918796 100644
--- a/matlab/D3D/gdat_d3d.m
+++ b/matlab/D3D/gdat_d3d.m
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ function [gdat_data,gdat_params,error_status,varargout] = gdat_d3d(shot,data_req
 %    a5=gdat(32827,'ip'); % standard call
 %    a6=gdat(32827,'ip','Opt1',123,'Doplot',1,'opt2','Abc'); % standard call with a few options (note all lowercase in output)
 %
+% From local: mdsconnect('atlas.gat.com'); mdsvalue('1+3')
 % From remote:
 % ssh -p 2039 -C -l sautero -L 8002:atlas.gat.com:8000 cybele.gat.com
 % And in another session in matlab: