diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c8050d8..7351fae 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ add_definitions(-DLASP_MAX_NUM_CHANNELS=80)
 add_definitions(-DLASP_MAX_NFFT=33554432) # 2**25
 
 # ####################################### End of user-adjustable variables section
-
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
 
 # ############### Choose an fft backend here
-if(LASP_FFTW_BACKEND AND LASP_FFTPACK_BACKEND)
+if(((LASP_FFTW_BACKEND AND LASP_FFTPACK_BACKEND) OR ((NOT (LASP_FFTPACK_BACKEND) AND (NOT LASP_FFTW_BACKEND)))))
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Either FFTW or Fftpack backend should be chosen.  Please disable one of them")
 endif()
 
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ if(LASP_FLOAT STREQUAL "double")
     add_definitions(-DLASP_FLOAT=64)
     add_definitions(-DLASP_DOUBLE_PRECISION)
 else()
+	# TODO: This has not been tested for a long time.
     add_definitions(-DLASP_FLOAT=32)
     add_definitions(-DLASP_SINGLE_PRECISION)
 endif(LASP_FLOAT STREQUAL "double")
@@ -78,19 +80,22 @@ set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c11 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-type-limits \
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
     set(win32 true)
+	set(home $ENV{USERPROFILE})
+	# set(miniconda_dir ${home}\\Miniconda3)
+	
 	message("Building for Windows")
 	include_directories(
 		..\\rtaudio
 		C:\\mingw\\mingw64\\include\\OpenBLAS
-		link_directories(C:\\Users\\User\\miniconda3\\Library\\include)
+		link_directories(${home}\\miniconda3\\Library\\include)
 		)
+	set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} $miniconda_dir\\Lib\\cmake")
+	# include(
 	add_definitions(-DMS_WIN64)
 	link_directories(C:\\mingw\\mingw64\\lib)
-	LINK_DIRECTORIES(C:\\Users\\User\\miniconda3)
-	link_directories(C:\\mingw\\mingw64\\bin)
 	link_directories(C:\\mingw\\mingw64\\bin)
 	link_directories(..\\rtaudio)
-	link_directories(C:\\Users\\User\\Miniconda3)
+	link_directories(${home}\\Miniconda3)
     add_definitions(-DHAS_RTAUDIO_WIN_WASAPI_API)
 else() # Linux compile
     set(win32 false)
@@ -141,7 +146,7 @@ set(CYTHON_EXTRA_C_FLAGS "-Wno-sign-compare -Wno-cpp -Wno-implicit-fallthrough -
 set(CYTHON_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS "-Wno-sign-compare -Wno-cpp -Wno-implicit-fallthrough -Wno-strict-aliasing")
 
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11  -Wall -Wextra \
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra \
 -Wno-type-limits")
 
 # Debug make flags
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be7c5ba..cdb46df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ compilation:
 - libopenblas-base
 - libopenblas-dev
 
+#### Windows specific
+
+Tested using a Anacond / Miniconda Python environment. Please first run the following command:
+
+`conda install fftw`
+
+in case you want the *FFTW* fft backend. 
+
 ### Dependencies
 
 #### Ubuntu / Linux Mint