diff --git a/cmake/modules/materialproperties-excel.cmake b/cmake/modules/materialproperties-excel.cmake
index ee54365..e40f037 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/materialproperties-excel.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/materialproperties-excel.cmake
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ function(mfront_properties_excel_library mat)
   endif(EXISTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/materials/${mat})
   list(APPEND mfront_search_paths 
       "--search-path=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
-  foreach(source ${mfront_sources})
-    add_mfront_property_sources(${lib} ${mat} "excel" ${mfront_search_paths} ${source})
-  endforeach(source ${mfront_sources})
+  foreach(mfront_source ${mfront_sources})
+    add_mfront_property_sources(${lib} ${mat} "excel" "${mfront_search_paths}" ${mfront_source})
+  endforeach(mfront_source ${mfront_sources})
   _get_mfront_command_line_arguments()
   set(mfront_args )
   list(APPEND mfront_args ${mfront_command_line_arguments})
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function(mfront_properties_excel_library mat)
     DEPENDS ${${lib}_MFRONT_SOURCES}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/excel"
     COMMENT "mfront source ${mfront_file}")
-  add_custom_target(${lib}
+  add_custom_target(${lib} ALL
     DEPENDS "${vba_file}")
   install(FILES ${vba_file} DESTINATION "share/mfm/excel")
 endfunction(mfront_properties_excel_library mat)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/materialproperties-java.cmake b/cmake/modules/materialproperties-java.cmake
index b62c49a..70c1c34 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/materialproperties-java.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/materialproperties-java.cmake
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ function(mfront_properties_java_library mat)
   endif(${lib}_SOURCES)
   set(all_generated_files ${${lib}_SOURCES})
   list(APPEND all_generated_files
-       ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/java/java/${java_file}
-       ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/java/java/${java_class_file})    
+       ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/java/java/${java_file})    
   list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES all_generated_files)
   _get_mfront_command_line_arguments()
   set(mfront_args )
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ function(mfront_properties_java_library mat)
   endif(mfront_dsl_options)
   list(APPEND mfront_args "--interface=java")
   list(APPEND mfront_args ${${lib}_MFRONT_IMPLEMENTATION_PATHS})
-  message(STATUS "mfront_args: ${${lib}_MFRONT_IMPLEMENTATION_PATHS}")
   if(MFM_PACKAGE)
     add_custom_command(
       OUTPUT  ${all_generated_files}
diff --git a/cmake/modules/materialproperties-octave.cmake b/cmake/modules/materialproperties-octave.cmake
index fe5fa50..01cdbf3 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/materialproperties-octave.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/materialproperties-octave.cmake
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function(mfront_properties_octave_library mat)
         DEPENDS "${mfront_file}"
         WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${interface}"
         COMMENT "mfront source ${mfront_file} for interface ${interface}")
-      set(oct_file "octave/${_mfront_law_name}.oct")
+      set(oct_file "octave/${mat}_${_mfront_law_name}.oct")
       set(_lib ${mat}_${_mfront_law_name}-octave)
       list(APPEND octave_targets ${_lib})
       add_library(${_lib} SHARED ${mfront_generated_sources})
diff --git a/cmake/modules/materialproperties.cmake b/cmake/modules/materialproperties.cmake
index fb9eaa8..16e8694 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/materialproperties.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/materialproperties.cmake
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function(add_mfront_property_sources lib mat interface search_paths file)
         ${${lib}_OTHER_SOURCES} PARENT_SCOPE)
   else()
     if (madnex_file)
-	  if(TFEL_MADNEX_SUPPORT)
+      if(TFEL_MADNEX_SUPPORT)
         mfront_query(_impls ${mat} "${search_paths}" ${mfront_path}
                      "--all-material-properties" "--list-implementation-paths=unsorted")
         if(_impls)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/octave.cmake b/cmake/modules/octave.cmake
index 0de3672..ee59e00 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/octave.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/octave.cmake
@@ -50,21 +50,28 @@ execute_process ( COMMAND ${MKOCTFILE_EXECUTABLE} -p INCFLAGS
 execute_process ( COMMAND ${MKOCTFILE_EXECUTABLE} -p LIBDIR
   OUTPUT_VARIABLE OCTAVE_LIBRARY_PATH
   OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )    
+execute_process ( COMMAND ${MKOCTFILE_EXECUTABLE} -p OCTAVE_VERSION
+  OUTPUT_VARIABLE OCTAVE_VERSION
+  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )    
 
 # octave libraries
 macro(find_octave_library name)
   find_library(${name}
     NAMES ${name}
-    HINTS ${OCTAVE_LIBRARY_PATH})
-  if(NOT ${name})
-    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "${name} library not found")
-  endif(NOT ${name})
+    HINTS ${OCTAVE_LIBRARY_PATH}
+    ${OCTAVE_LIBRARY_PATH}/octave/${OCTAVE_VERSION})
 endmacro(find_octave_library name)
 
 find_octave_library(octave)
 find_octave_library(octinterp)
-
-set(OCTAVE_LIBRARIES ${octave} ${octinterp})
+if(NOT octave)
+   MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "octave library not found")
+endif(NOT octave)
+if(octinterp)
+  set(OCTAVE_LIBRARIES ${octave} ${octinterp})
+else(octinterp)
+  set(OCTAVE_LIBRARIES ${octave})
+endif(octinterp)
 
 # summary
 if((NOT OCTAVE_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE) OR