diff --git a/installation/compile_CoreModule.py b/installation/compile_CoreModule.py
index 2042b6737..2897dd734 100755
--- a/installation/compile_CoreModule.py
+++ b/installation/compile_CoreModule.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ for option in ['IMKL_ROOT','ACML_ROOT','LAPACK_ROOT','FFTW_ROOT','F90']:
 compilers = ['ifort','gfortran']
 if options['F90'] not in compilers:
   sys.exit('compiler "F90" (in installation/options or as Shell variable) has to be one out of: %s'%(', '.join(compilers)))
-print 'Argument List:', str(sys.argv)
+
 compileCommand = {
                   'gfortran': 'gnu95 --f90flags="-fPIC -fno-range-check -xf95-cpp-input -std=f2008 -fall-intrinsics'+\
                           ' -DSpectral -fdefault-real-8 -fdefault-double-8 -DFLOAT=8 -DINT=4 -I%s/lib"'%damaskEnv.rootDir(),
diff --git a/lib/damask/environment.py b/lib/damask/environment.py
index 460036963..558a2c9f1 100644
--- a/lib/damask/environment.py
+++ b/lib/damask/environment.py
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ class Environment():
   def rootDir(self):
     return os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.realpath(__file__),'../../../'))
 
-
   def get_options(self):
-    with open(self.relPath('installation/options')) as file:
+    if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'),'.damask/damask.conf')):
+      configFile = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'),'.damask/damask.conf')
+    else:
+      configFile = '/etc/damask.conf'
+    with open(self.relPath(configFile)) as file:
       for line in file:
         l = line.strip()
         if not (l.startswith('#') or l == ''):