diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 414c5264..5d80f3c0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Version number of the application
+set (DFT_TOOLS_VERSION "1.0")
+set (DFT_TOOLS_RELEASE "1.0.0")
+
# Append triqs installed files to the cmake load path
list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${TRIQS_PATH}/share/triqs/cmake)
@@ -14,6 +18,11 @@ if (NOT ${TRIQS_WITH_PYTHON_SUPPORT})
MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Wien2TRIQS require Python support in TRIQS")
endif()
+# Check that versions are compatible
+if(NOT DFT_TOOLS_VERSION EQUAL TRIQS_VERSION)
+ message(FATAL_ERROR "The application version is not compatible with the TRIQS library (TRIQS library version: ${TRIQS_VERSION} while this application version: ${DFT_TOOLS_VERSION})")
+endif()
+
# We want to be installed in the TRIQS tree
set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ${TRIQS_PATH})
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1d0b102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+Wien2TRIQS interface to Wien2k
+Copyright (C) 2011-2013, M. Aichhorn, L. Pourovskii, V. Vildosola and C. Martins
+
+1. Documentation
+
+You will find the documentation of this application under
+.
+
+2. Installation
+
+The installation steps are described in
+
+
+3. Version
+
+You can find the version and release number of the application on the top of
+the CMakeLists.txt file in this directory.
+
+4. License
+
+This application is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+later version (see ).
+
+It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.