diff --git a/processing/setup/setup_processing.py b/processing/setup/setup_processing.py
index 87f5dc17a..479249119 100755
--- a/processing/setup/setup_processing.py
+++ b/processing/setup/setup_processing.py
@@ -13,64 +13,66 @@ import damask_tools; reload(damask_tools)
 damask_tools.DAMASK_TOOLS().check_env()
 
 bin_link = { \
-				'pre' : [
-							'marc_addUserOutput.py',
-							'mentat_pbcOnBoxMesh.py',
-							'mentat_spectralBox.py',
-							'patchFromReconstructedBoundaries.py',
-							'spectral_geomCheck.py',
-							'spectral_minimalSurface.py',
-							'spectral_vicinityOffset.py',
-							'voronoi_randomSeeding.py',
-							'voronoi_tessellation.py',
-							],
-				'post' : [
-							'3Dvisualize.py',
-							'addCauchy.py',
-							'addDeterminant.py',
-							'addDivergence.py',
-							'addMises.py',
-							'addNorm.py',
-							'addStrainTensors.py',
-              'addCompatibilityMismatch.py',
-							'averageDown.py',
-							'mentat_colorMap.py',
-							'postResults.py',
-							'spectral_iterationCount.py',
-							'spectral_convergence.py',
-							'spectral_scaleGeom.py',
-							],
-						}
+        'pre' : [
+                'marc_addUserOutput.py',
+                'mentat_pbcOnBoxMesh.py',
+                'mentat_spectralBox.py',
+                'patchFromReconstructedBoundaries.py',
+                'spectral_geomCheck.py',
+                'spectral_minimalSurface.py',
+                'spectral_vicinityOffset.py',
+                'voronoi_randomSeeding.py',
+                'voronoi_tessellation.py',
+                ],
+        'post' : [
+                '3Dvisualize.py',
+                'addCauchy.py',
+                'addDeterminant.py',
+                'addDivergence.py',
+                'addMises.py',
+                'addNorm.py',
+                'addStrainTensors.py',
+                'addCompatibilityMismatch.py',
+                'averageDown.py',
+                'mentat_colorMap.py',
+                'postResults.py',
+                'spectral_iterationCount.py',
+                'spectral_convergence.py',
+                'spectral_scaleGeom.py',
+                ],
+            }
 
 compile = { \
-				'pre' : [
-							'voronoi_randomSeeding.f90',
-							'voronoi_tessellation.f90',
-							],
-				'post' : [
-							],
-						}
+        'pre' : [
+                'voronoi_randomSeeding.f90',
+                'voronoi_tessellation.f90',
+                ],
+        'post' : [
+                ],
+            }
 
 execute = { \
-				'pre' : [
-							],
-				'post' : [
-							'make_postprocessingMath',
-							],
-						}
+        'pre' : [
+                ],
+        'post' : [
+                'make_postprocessingMath',
+                ],
+            }
 
 homedir = os.getenv('HOME')
-#basedir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]),'..')
 damask_root = os.getenv('DAMASK_ROOT')
-basedir = os.getenv('DAMASK_ROOT')+'/processing/'
+if damask_root == '' or damask_root == None: damask_root = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]),'../../')
+damask_bin  = os.getenv('DAMASK_BIN')
+if damask_bin  == '' or damask_bin  == None: damask_bin = os.path.join(damask_root,'bin/')
+basedir = os.path.join(damask_root,'processing/')
 
 for dir in bin_link:
   for file in bin_link[dir]:
     src = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(basedir,dir,file))
     if (file == ''):
-      sym_link = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(damask_root,'bin',dir))
+      sym_link = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(damask_bin,dir))
     else:
-      sym_link = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(damask_root,'bin',os.path.splitext(file)[0]))
+      sym_link = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(damask_bin,os.path.splitext(file)[0]))
     print sym_link,'-->',src
     if os.path.lexists(sym_link):
       os.remove(sym_link)