diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cbd8eecd2..97def9456 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,17 +4,28 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.1.0 FATAL_ERROR)
 project (DAMASK Fortran)
 
-# The version number.
+# THE VERSION NUMBER.
 set (DAMASK_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set (DAMASK_VERSION_MINOR ${DAMASK_V})
 
-# PETSC and HDF5 is required
+# PETSC IS REQUIRED
 if (NOT DEFINED PETSC_DIR)
     message (FATAL_ERROR "PETSC_DIR is not found!")
 endif (NOT DEFINED PETSC_DIR)
-if (NOT DEFINED HDF5_DIR)
-    message (FATAL_ERROR "HDF5_DIR is not found!" )
-endif (NOT DEFINED HDF5_DIR)
+# RECOMMEND USING HDF5 FROM PETSC
+if (DEFINED HDF5_DIR)
+    message ("\n***Using HDF5 library found at ${HDF5_DIR}\n")
+else(DEFINED HDF5_DIR)
+    message ("\n***Using HDF5 library from PETSc\n" )
+endif (DEFINED HDF5_DIR)
+
+# Setting installation prefix
+if (NOT DEFINED DAMASK_INSTALL)
+    set (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin")
+elseif(DEFINED DAMASK_INSTALL)
+    set (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${DAMASK_INSTALL}")
+endif(NOT DEFINED DAMASK_INSTALL)
+message("\n***The binary will be installed at\n${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}\n")
 
 # DAMASK DRIVER SELECTION
 set (SPECTRAL OFF)
@@ -109,14 +120,14 @@ message("***Found PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB:\n${PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB}\n")
 message("***Found PETSC_LINKER:\n${PETSC_LINKER}\n")
 message("***Found PETSC_MPIEXEC:\n${MPIEXEC}\n")
 
-# set include directories
+# SET INCLUDE DIRECTORIES (SNEAK IT IN WITH PETSC)
+if (DEFINED HDF5_DIR)
+    set (DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS "${PETSC_INCLUDES} -I${HDF5_DIR}/include"  )
+    set (PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB   "${PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB} -L${HDF5_DIR}/lib")
+endif (DEFINED HDF5_DIR)
+
 set (DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS "${DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS} ${PETSC_INCLUDES}"          )
 set (DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS "${DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS} -I${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib")
-#set (DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS "${DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS} -I${HDF5_DIR}/include -lm"  )
-# set link libraries from PETSc
-set (DAMASK_LINK_FLAGS "${DAMASK_LINK_FLAGS} ${PETSC_LINKER}"    )
-set (DAMASK_LINK_FLAGS "${DAMASK_LINK_FLAGS} ${PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB}")
-#set (DAMASK_LINK_FLAGS "${DAMASK_LINK_FLAGS} -L${HDF5_DIR}/lib"    )
 
 ##
 # set compile and debug flags
@@ -440,6 +451,8 @@ message("***LINK FLAGS:\n${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE}\n")
 ##
 # ADD CODE DIRECTORY
 add_subdirectory(code)
+INSTALL(PROGRAMS    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/code/DAMASKSpectral.exe
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 
 ##
 # ADD TESTING CASES
diff --git a/build_spectral.sh b/build_spectral.sh
index e009e174c..7c0ff015e 100755
--- a/build_spectral.sh
+++ b/build_spectral.sh
@@ -23,18 +23,25 @@ cd build_spectral
 
 ##
 # CMake call
-# PETSC_DIR         |  PETSC directory
-# HDF5_DIR          |  HDF5 library (same compiler for DAMASK)
-# DAMASK_V          |  DAMASK current revision
-# CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE  |  Default set to release (no debugging output)
-# OPENMP            |  [ON/OFF]
-# OPTIMIZATION      |  [OFF,DEFENSIVE,AGGRESSIVE,ULTRA]
-# DAMASK_DRIVER     |  [SPECTRAL, FEM]
-cmake -D PETSC_DIR=${PETSC_DIR}    \
-      -D HDF5_DIR=${HDF5_DIR}      \
-      -D DAMASK_V=${DAMASKVERSION} \
-      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE  \
-      -D OPENMP=ON                 \
-      -D OPTIMIZATION=DEFENSIVE    \
-      -D DAMASK_DRIVER=SPECTRAL    \
-      ../..
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+# PETSC_DIR          |  PETSC directory
+# HDF5_DIR           |  HDF5 library (same compiler for DAMASK)
+# DAMASK_V           |  DAMASK current revision
+# CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE   |  Default set to release (no debugging output)
+# OPENMP             |  [ON/OFF]
+# OPTIMIZATION       |  [OFF,DEFENSIVE,AGGRESSIVE,ULTRA]
+# DAMASK_DRIVER      |  [SPECTRAL, FEM]
+# DAMASK_INSTALL     |  Directory to install binary output
+cmake -D PETSC_DIR=${PETSC_DIR}     \
+      -D DAMASK_V=${DAMASKVERSION}  \
+      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE   \
+      -D OPENMP=ON                  \
+      -D OPTIMIZATION=DEFENSIVE     \
+      -D DAMASK_DRIVER=SPECTRAL     \
+      -D DAMASK_INSTALL=${HOME}/bin \
+      ../..
+
+echo
+echo "Please move to the build directory using"
+echo "    cd build/build_spectral"
+echo "Using the following command to build DAMASK spectral solver"
+echo "    make clean all install"
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