diff --git a/code/Makefile b/code/Makefile
index 885e65c69..d9c51453b 100644
--- a/code/Makefile
+++ b/code/Makefile
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ OPTIMIZATION_OFF_ifort           :=-O0 -no-ip
 OPTIMIZATION_OFF_gfortran        :=-O0
 OPTIMIZATION_DEFENSIVE_ifort     :=-O2
 OPTIMIZATION_DEFENSIVE_gfortran  :=-O2
-OPTIMIZATION_AGGRESSIVE_ifort    :=-fast                                                            #-ipo, -O3, -no-prec-div, -static, -fp-model fast=2, and -xHost
+OPTIMIZATION_AGGRESSIVE_ifort    :=-ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -fp-model fast=2 -xHost                    #-fast = -ipo, -O3, -no-prec-div, -static, -fp-model fast=2, and -xHost
 OPTIMIZATION_AGGRESSIVE_gfortran :=-O3 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -ftree-vectorize
 
 
diff --git a/processing/pre/mentat_spectralBox.py b/processing/pre/mentat_spectralBox.py
index bee1006b9..ba97525b3 100755
--- a/processing/pre/mentat_spectralBox.py
+++ b/processing/pre/mentat_spectralBox.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ for name in filenames:
                               outname = os.path.splitext(name)[0]+'.proc' if name else name,
                               buffered = False, labeled = False)
   except: continue
-  table.croak('\033[1m'+scriptName+'\033[0m'+(': '+name if name else ''))
+  damask.util.report(scriptName,name)
 
 # --- interpret header ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -226,18 +226,18 @@ for name in filenames:
   info,extra_header = table.head_getGeom()
   if options.homogenization: info['homogenization'] = options.homogenization
     
-  table.croak(['grid     a b c:  %s'%(' x '.join(map(str,info['grid']))),
-               'size     x y z:  %s'%(' x '.join(map(str,info['size']))),
-               'origin   x y z:  %s'%(' : '.join(map(str,info['origin']))),
-               'homogenization:  %i'%info['homogenization'],
-               'microstructures: %i'%info['microstructures'],
+  damask.util.croak(['grid     a b c:  %s'%(' x '.join(map(str,info['grid']))),
+                     'size     x y z:  %s'%(' x '.join(map(str,info['size']))),
+                     'origin   x y z:  %s'%(' : '.join(map(str,info['origin']))),
+                     'homogenization:  %i'%info['homogenization'],
+                     'microstructures: %i'%info['microstructures'],
               ])
 
   errors = []
   if np.any(info['grid'] < 1):    errors.append('invalid grid a b c.')
   if np.any(info['size'] <= 0.0): errors.append('invalid size x y z.')
   if errors != []:
-    table.croak(errors)
+    damask.util.croak(errors)
     table.close(dismiss = True)
     continue