diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1d270a..0308ca9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ cmake_build
 
 src/IVE
 _test.sh
-src/cudaSirecon/cudasireconConfig.h
-src/cudasireconConfig.h
+src/cudaSirecon/version.h
+src/version.h
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 9be1703..10ee861 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS} \
     ../src
 
 make -j 2
-make install
+# make install
diff --git a/environment-linux.yml b/environment-linux.yml
index 83e50f4..7666a20 100644
--- a/environment-linux.yml
+++ b/environment-linux.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ name: simbuild
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-  - cudatoolkit-dev
-  - make
-  - cxx-compiler
-  - fftw
-  - boost-cpp
   - cmake
-  - libtiff
+  - cuda-version=12
+  - cuda-nvcc
+  - fftw
+  - libboost-devel
+  - libcufft-dev
   - liblapack
+  - libtiff
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index db5a883..e90b71c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,24 +31,27 @@
 option(BUILD_MRC "Build cudasirecon with MRC support" ON)
 option(BUILD_OTF_VIEWER "Build OTF viewer (requires X11)" OFF)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.20)
 
 # This is the one place where version is set
-project(cudasirecon VERSION 1.2.0)
-configure_file("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cudasireconConfig.h.in" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cudasireconConfig.h")
+project(cudasirecon VERSION 1.2.0 LANGUAGES CXX CUDA)
+# the single source of our version is above in the project() command
+# this header makes the version available to the compiler 
+configure_file(
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.h.in
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.h
+  @ONLY
+)
+
 include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
-enable_language(CUDA)
 enable_testing()
 
 
-if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES)
-  set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES "52;60;61;70;72;75")
-endif()
-find_package(CUDA REQUIRED)
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
-message(STATUS "FOUND CUDA: " ${CUDAToolkit_BIN_DIR})
-include_directories(${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+message(STATUS "CUDA version : ${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION}")
+set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES all-major)
+include_directories(${CMAKE_CUDA_TOOLKIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
 
 add_definitions(-Dcimg_display=0)
 
@@ -64,10 +67,7 @@ if(OPENMP_FOUND)
 endif()
 
 find_package(TIFF)
-find_package(
-  Boost
-  COMPONENTS program_options filesystem system
-  REQUIRED)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options filesystem system)
 link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
diff --git a/src/cudaSirecon/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cudaSirecon/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ce959a..2c4d793 100644
--- a/src/cudaSirecon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cudaSirecon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ message(STATUS "LAPACK_FOUND: " ${LAPACK_FOUND})
 
 # libcudasirecon shared library
 add_library(cudasirecon SHARED cudaSirecon.cpp boostfs.cpp gpuFunctionsImpl.cu interface.cpp)
-cuda_add_cufft_to_target(cudasirecon)
 set_target_properties(cudasirecon
   PROPERTIES
   MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY ""
@@ -24,12 +23,13 @@ target_link_libraries(
   ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY}
   ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY}
   ${IMLIB}
-  ${IVELIB})
+  ${IVELIB}
+  CUDA::cufft
+)
   
   
 # cudasirecon executable file
 add_executable(cudaSireconDriver cudaSireconDriver.cpp)
-cuda_add_cufft_to_target(cudaSireconDriver)
 target_link_libraries(cudaSireconDriver cudasirecon)
 target_include_directories(cudaSireconDriver PUBLIC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
 set_target_properties(cudaSireconDriver
diff --git a/src/cudaSirecon/cudaSirecon.cpp b/src/cudaSirecon/cudaSirecon.cpp
index b47e905..148ff20 100644
--- a/src/cudaSirecon/cudaSirecon.cpp
+++ b/src/cudaSirecon/cudaSirecon.cpp
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@
 #include "cudaSirecon.h"
 #include "cudaSireconImpl.h"
 #include "SIM_reconstructor.hpp"
-#include "cudasireconConfig.h"
+#include "version.h"
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
 #ifdef MRC
 #include "mrc.h"
 #endif
 
-std::string version_number = std::to_string(cudasirecon_VERSION_MAJOR) + "." +
-                             std::to_string(cudasirecon_VERSION_MINOR) + "." +
-                             std::to_string(cudasirecon_VERSION_PATCH);
+std::string version_number = std::string(PROJECT_VERSION);
 
 void SetDefaultParams(ReconParams *pParams)
 {
diff --git a/src/cudaSirecon/interface.cpp b/src/cudaSirecon/interface.cpp
index a2e9b5f..d259e96 100644
--- a/src/cudaSirecon/interface.cpp
+++ b/src/cudaSirecon/interface.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "cudaSireconImpl.h" // must come first!
 #include "SIM_reconstructor.hpp"
+#include "version.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #define DllExport __declspec(dllexport)
@@ -68,4 +69,8 @@ extern "C"
   {
     sr->closeFiles();
   }
+  DllExport const char* get_version()
+  {
+    return PROJECT_VERSION;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/cudasireconConfig.h.in b/src/cudasireconConfig.h.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c47f06..0000000
--- a/src/cudasireconConfig.h.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-// the configured options and settings for cudasirecon
-// This will be populated with variables from the project() setting
-// in CMakeLists.txt
-#define cudasirecon_VERSION_MAJOR @cudasirecon_VERSION_MAJOR@
-#define cudasirecon_VERSION_MINOR @cudasirecon_VERSION_MINOR@
-#define cudasirecon_VERSION_PATCH @cudasirecon_VERSION_PATCH@
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/version.h.in b/src/version.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b123f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// the configured options and settings for cudasirecon
+// This will be populated with variables from the project() setting
+// in CMakeLists.txt
+#pragma once
+
+#define PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH @PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@
+#define PROJECT_VERSION "@PROJECT_VERSION@"