diff --git a/configure b/configure
index eb710e85b..ad45839e2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -42,20 +42,18 @@ if compiler == None: compiler ={True:'ifort',False:'gfortran'}[\
 #--- default option values  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 BLAS_order = ['IMKL','ACML','LAPACK']
 
-defaults={'F90':compiler,\
-          'FFTW_ROOT':'/usr/local',\
-          'MSC_ROOT' :'/msc',\
-          'HDF5_ROOT':'/usr/local',\
-          'DAMASK_NUM_THREADS':4,\
-          'blasType':'LAPACK',\
-          'blasRoot':{'LAPACK':'/usr',\
-                      'ACML'  :'/opt/acml5.3.1',\
-                      'IMKL'  :{True:'/opt/intel/composerxe/mkl',False:os.getenv('MKLROOT')}\
-                               [os.getenv('MKLROOT')==None]},\
+defaults={'F90':compiler,
+          'FFTW_ROOT':'/usr/local',
+          'MSC_ROOT' :'/msc',
+          'HDF5_ROOT':'/usr/local',
+          'DAMASK_NUM_THREADS':4,
+          'blasType':'LAPACK',
+          'blasRoot':{'LAPACK':'/usr',
+                      'ACML'  :'/opt/acml5.3.1',
+                      'IMKL'  :{True:os.getenv('MKLROOT'), False:'/opt/intel/composerxe/mkl'}\
+                                    [os.getenv('MKLROOT') != None]},
           'spectralOptions':{}}
 
-print 'defaults at start',defaults
-
 #--- if local config file exists, read, otherwise assume global config file  ------------------------
 if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'),'.damask/damask.conf')):
   configFile = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'),'.damask/damask.conf')
@@ -86,21 +84,21 @@ except IOError:
   pass
 
 
-parser.add_option('--with-fc',               dest='compiler', type='string', metavar='string', \
+parser.add_option('--with-fc',               dest='compiler', type='string', metavar='string',
                                              help='F90 compiler [%default]')
-parser.add_option('--with-fftw-dir',         dest='fftwRoot', type='string', metavar='string', \
+parser.add_option('--with-fftw-dir',         dest='fftwRoot', type='string', metavar='string',
                                              help='root directory of FFTW [%default]')
-parser.add_option('--with-msc-dir',          dest='mscRoot', type='string', metavar='string', \
+parser.add_option('--with-msc-dir',          dest='mscRoot', type='string', metavar='string',
                                              help='root directory of MSC.Marc/Mentat [%default]')
-parser.add_option('--with-HDF5-dir',         dest='hdf5Root', type='string', metavar='string', \
+parser.add_option('--with-HDF5-dir',         dest='hdf5Root', type='string', metavar='string',
                                              help='root directory of HDF5 [%default]')
-parser.add_option('--with-OMP-threads',      dest='threads', type='int', metavar='int',\
+parser.add_option('--with-OMP-threads',      dest='threads', type='int', metavar='int',
                                              help='number of openMP threads [%default]')
-parser.add_option('--with-blas-type',        dest='blasType', type='string', metavar='string', \
+parser.add_option('--with-blas-type',        dest='blasType', type='string', metavar='string',
                                              help='type of BLAS/LAPACK library [%default]')
-parser.add_option('--with-blas-dir',         dest='blasRoot', type='string', metavar='string', \
+parser.add_option('--with-blas-dir',         dest='blasRoot', type='string', metavar='string',
                                              help='root directory of BLAS/LAPACK library [%default]')
-parser.add_option('--with-spectral-options', dest='spectraloptions', type='string', action='extend', metavar='<string LIST>', \
+parser.add_option('--with-spectral-options', dest='spectraloptions', type='string', action='extend', metavar='<string LIST>',
                                              help='options for compilation of spectral solver')
 
 parser.set_defaults(compiler = defaults['F90'])
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ if not subprocess.call(['which', options.compiler],stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stder
   print('Compiler Warning: executable %s not found!'%options.compiler)
 
 fftwLocations =[os.path.join(options.fftwRoot,'lib'),os.path.join(options.fftwRoot,'lib64')]
-for lib in ['libfftw3.so','libfftw3.a',\
+for lib in ['libfftw3.so','libfftw3.a',
             'libfftw3_threads.so','libfftw3_threads.a']:
   if (not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(fftwLocations[0],lib))) and \
      (not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(fftwLocations[1],lib))):
@@ -169,12 +167,13 @@ elif options.blasType == 'ACML':
       print('ACML Warning: %s not found in %s!'%(lib,blasLocationParallel))
 elif options.blasType == 'IMKL':
   blasLocation=os.path.join(options.blasRoot,'lib/intel64')
-  for lib in ['libmkl_core.so','libmkl_core.a',\
-              'libmkl_sequential.so','libmkl_sequential.a',\
-              'libmkl_intel_thread.so','libmkl_intel_thread.a',\
-              'libmkl_intel_lp64.so','libmkl_intel_lp64.a',\
-              'libmkl_gnu_thread.so','libmkl_gnu_thread.a',\
-              'libmkl_gf_lp64.so','libmkl_gf_lp64.a']:
+  for lib in ['libmkl_core.so','libmkl_core.a',
+              'libmkl_sequential.so','libmkl_sequential.a',
+              'libmkl_intel_thread.so','libmkl_intel_thread.a',
+              'libmkl_intel_lp64.so','libmkl_intel_lp64.a',
+              'libmkl_gnu_thread.so','libmkl_gnu_thread.a',
+              'libmkl_gf_lp64.so','libmkl_gf_lp64.a',
+             ]:
     if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(blasLocation,lib)): 
       print('IMKL Warning: %s not found in %s!'%(lib,blasLocation))
 else: