diff --git a/code/Makefile b/code/Makefile
index 5a3938421..b803f198c 100644
--- a/code/Makefile
+++ b/code/Makefile
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ RUN_PATH  :=$(RUN_PATH),-rpath,$(HDF5_ROOT)/lib
 INCLUDE_DIRS +=-I$(HDF5_ROOT)/include -DHDF
 endif
 
+#new state
+ifeq "$(STATE)" "NEW"
+INCLUDE_DIRS +=-DNEWSTATE
+endif
+
 ifdef STANDARD_CHECK
 STANDARD_CHECK_ifort =$(STANDARD_CHECK)
 STANDARD_CHECK_gfortran =$(STANDARD_CHECK)
diff --git a/code/material.f90 b/code/material.f90
index 0ad1ce394..10fd1ec17 100644
--- a/code/material.f90
+++ b/code/material.f90
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ module material
  use prec, only: &
    pReal, &
    pInt, &
+#ifdef NEWSTATE
+   tState, &
+#endif
    p_intvec
 
  implicit none
@@ -88,6 +91,12 @@ module material
 
  integer(pInt), dimension(:,:,:), allocatable, public :: &
    material_phase                                                                                   !< phase   (index) of each grain,IP,element
+
+#ifdef NEWSTATE
+ type(tState), allocatable, dimension(:) :: &
+   plasticState, &
+   elasticState
+#endif
  integer(pInt), dimension(:,:,:), allocatable, public, protected :: &
    material_texture                                                                                 !< texture (index) of each grain,IP,element
  
@@ -208,6 +217,11 @@ subroutine material_init
  call material_parsePhase(FILEUNIT,material_partPhase)
  if (iand(myDebug,debug_levelBasic) /= 0_pInt) write(6,'(a)') ' Phase parsed'
  close(FILEUNIT)
+#ifdef NEWSTATE
+ allocate(plasticState(material_Nphase))
+ allocate(plasticState(material_Nphase))
+#endif 
+
 
  do m = 1_pInt,material_Nmicrostructure
    if(microstructure_crystallite(m) < 1_pInt .or. &
@@ -221,12 +235,6 @@ subroutine material_init
         call IO_error(150_pInt,m,ext_msg='texture')
    if(microstructure_Nconstituents(m) < 1_pInt) & 
         call IO_error(151_pInt,m)
-!   if (abs(sum(microstructure_fraction(:,m)) - 1.0_pReal) >= 1.0e-6_pReal) then                     ! have ppm precision in fractions
-!     if (iand(myDebug,debug_levelExtensive) /= 0_pInt) then
-!         write(6,'(a,1x,f12.9)') ' sum of microstructure fraction = ',sum(microstructure_fraction(:,m))
-!     endif
-!     call IO_error(153_pInt,m)
-!   endif
  enddo
  debugOut: if (iand(myDebug,debug_levelExtensive) /= 0_pInt) then
    write(6,'(/,a,/)') ' MATERIAL configuration'
diff --git a/code/prec.f90 b/code/prec.f90
index bef7e1805..6e2f752ca 100644
--- a/code/prec.f90
+++ b/code/prec.f90
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ module prec
    integer(pInt), dimension(:), pointer :: p
  end type p_intvec
 
+#ifdef NEWSTATE
+!http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3948210/can-i-have-a-pointer-to-an-item-in-an-allocatable-array
+ type, public :: tState
+   real(pReal), pointer, dimension(:,:) :: s ! material points, state size
+ end type
+#endif
+
  public :: &
    prec_init
  
@@ -74,11 +81,15 @@ subroutine prec_init
  write(6,'(/,a)') ' <<<+-  prec init  -+>>>'
  write(6,'(a)') ' $Id$'
 #include "compilation_info.f90"
+#ifdef NEWSTATE
+ write(6,'(a)')       'Using new state structure'
+#endif
  write(6,'(a,i3)')    ' Bytes for pReal:    ',pReal
  write(6,'(a,i3)')    ' Bytes for pInt:     ',pInt
  write(6,'(a,i3)')    ' Bytes for pLongInt: ',pLongInt
  write(6,'(a,e10.3)') ' NaN:           ',     DAMASK_NaN
  write(6,'(a,l3,/)')  ' NaN /= NaN:         ',DAMASK_NaN/=DAMASK_NaN
+
  if (DAMASK_NaN == DAMASK_NaN) call quit(9000)
 
 end subroutine prec_init