diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index c3a63f937174bb43a938931fc3d6fb02574073bc..0ba63557a5d00e55a590faaab42c11ed2513d01d 100755
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ LINKLIBS = $(PTHREAD_LIBS) $(OPT_LIBS) $(BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB)  $(BOOST_LDFLAGS)
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = io
 io_SOURCES = main.cpp ../../OpenFPM_devices/src/memory/HeapMemory.cpp ../../OpenFPM_data/src/Memleak_check.cpp
-io_CXXFLAGS = $(CUDA_CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES_PATH) -fopenmp
+io_CXXFLAGS = $(CUDA_CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES_PATH) -I/usr/local/include
 io_CFLAGS = $(CUDA_CFLAGS)
 io_LDADD = $(LINKLIBS)