diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 05cf7a1a..e14cf345
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([Cratered Terrain Evolution Model], [1.1],
-		  [David Minton <daminton@purdue.edu> , James Richardson <jerichardsonjr@me.com>],
-		  [CTEM])
+AC_INIT([Cratered Terrain Evolution Model],[1.5],[David Minton <daminton@purdue.edu> , James Richardson <jerichardsonjr@me.com>],[CTEM])
 FCFLAGS=""
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main/CTEM.f90])
@@ -9,4 +7,5 @@ AC_LANG([Fortran])
 AC_PROG_FC([ifort gfortran])
 AC_FC_FREEFORM
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
-AC_OUTPUT([Makefile src/Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/src/globals/module_globals.f90 b/src/globals/module_globals.f90
index 269eeb56..d9443b18 100644
--- a/src/globals/module_globals.f90
+++ b/src/globals/module_globals.f90
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module module_globals
 implicit none
 public
 
-character(len=*),parameter :: CTEMVER = "1.4 DEVELOPMENT"
+character(len=*),parameter :: CTEMVER = "1.5 DEVELOPMENT"
 
 ! Symbolic names for kind types of 4-, 2-, and 1-byte integers:
 integer, parameter :: I8B = selected_int_kind(17)