diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b97a9ce..e66b50be 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,10 +21,46 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
 project(rayleigh LANGUAGES C Fortran)
 
+# load in version info and export it
+file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION" RAYLEIGH_PACKAGE_VERSION LIMIT_COUNT 1)
+
+
+message(STATUS "")
+message(STATUS "====================================================")
+message(STATUS "===== Configuring Rayleigh ${RAYLEIGH_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+message(STATUS "====================================================")
+message(STATUS "")
+
+# Set up CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to Debug if it is not set by the user.
+if ("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "")
+  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
+      "Release"
+      CACHE STRING
+      "Choose the type of build, options are: Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo, MinSizeRel."
+      FORCE)
+  # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui
+  set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS
+  "Debug" "Release" "RelWithDebInfo" "MinSizeRel")
+endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Configuring in \"" ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} "\" mode.")
+message(STATUS "")
+
+# Set the default install directory, if run for the first time
+if(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT)
+  set_property(CACHE CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX PROPERTY VALUE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
+endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Installing executable in ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin")
+message(STATUS "")
+
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
+message(STATUS "===== Configuring external libraries ===============")
+message(STATUS "")
+
 find_package(MPI COMPONENTS C REQUIRED Fortran REQUIRED)
 find_package(LAPACK COMPONENTS Fortran REQUIRED)
 find_package(FFTW REQUIRED)
diff --git a/cmake/FindMKL.cmake b/cmake/FindMKL.cmake
index 09a1feb7..b8f5fb4e 100644
--- a/cmake/FindMKL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindMKL.cmake
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #  MKL_PATH          - root directory of the MKL installation
 #  MKL_ROOT          - root directory of the MKL installation
 
-option( MKL_PARALLEL "if mkl shoudl be parallel" OFF )
-
 if( MKL_PARALLEL )
 
   set( __mkl_lib_par  MKL_LIB_INTEL_THREAD )
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e45db9a..01255ad4 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ if (RAYLEIGH_CPU_OPTIMIZATIONS STREQUAL "native")
     message(STATUS "enabling native optimizations")
   elseif(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel")
     target_compile_options(rayleigh PRIVATE -xHost)
+  elseif(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "IntelLLVM")
+    target_compile_options(rayleigh PRIVATE -xHost)
   else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "For your compiler no native optimizations are automatically detected. Please specify compiler flags manually and set 'CPU_OPTIMIZATIONS' to 'none'")
   endif()
@@ -70,4 +72,6 @@ target_link_libraries(rayleigh MPI::MPI_Fortran)
 target_link_libraries(rayleigh LAPACK::LAPACK)
 target_link_libraries(rayleigh FFTW::fftw3)
 
-install(TARGETS rayleigh DESTINATION ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
+message(STATUS "")
+
+install(TARGETS rayleigh RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT runtime)