diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a3c20f34557077e042f61d3cf6a76a1f760fc02..e15cb00b421267ad3f17310e0b1c313d6fd4290a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@ set(ENV{HDF5_ROOT} ${HDF5_ROOT})
 set(OPENFPM_PDATA_DIR CACHE PATH "OpenFPM_pdata dirs")
 set(PETSC_ROOT CACHE PATH "If compiling with linear algebra indicate the PETSC root directory")
 set(ENV{PETSC_DIR} ${PETSC_ROOT})
+set(HIP_ENABLE CACHE BOOL "Enable HIP compiler")
+set(AMD_ARCH_COMPILE "gfx900" CACHE STRING "AMD gpu architecture used to compile kernels")
 
 if (ENABLE_GPU)
-    set(CUDA_ON_CPU OFF)
-    enable_language(CUDA)
-    find_package(CUDA)
+    	set(CUDA_ON_CPU OFF)
+    	if (NOT HIP_ENABLE)
+    		enable_language(CUDA)
+    		find_package(CUDA)
+	endif()
 endif()
 
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
@@ -41,6 +45,16 @@ find_package(MPI REQUIRED)
 find_package(HDF5 REQUIRED)
 find_package(TinyObjLoader)
 find_package(PETSc)
+find_package(HIP)
+
+if(HIP_FOUND)
+        set(DEFINE_HIP_GPU "#define HIP_GPU")
+        set(DEFINE_CUDIFY_USE_HIP "#define CUDIFY_USE_HIP")
+endif()
+
+if(HIP_FOUND)
+        set(DEFINE_CUDA_GPU "#define CUDA_GPU")
+endif()
 
 if(CUDA_FOUND)
 	set(OPENFPM_INIT_FILE "initialize/initialize_wrapper_cuda.cu")
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 204e51a9d0d9ab6f8f265e6bb9be633c556fda9f..d8fd98212c77a7b6b5f3a9287d2a2a1ad48eddb5 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-
 workspace=$1
 hostname=$(hostname)
 branch=$3
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b34c8afb1697fe5f827dd7ce3f712409fe65d6ea..31f1735d38c3980de785b285dde79423e54d748f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ with_petsc
 with_eigen
 with_vcdevel
 enable_gpu
+enable_hip
 enable_asan
+enable_garbageinj
+enable_garbageinjv
 '
 
 rm -rf build
@@ -251,11 +254,25 @@ do
         else
 		conf_options="$conf_options -DCMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER=$(which $CXX)"
         fi
+        if [ x"$CXXCUDA" == x"" ]; then
+                conf_options="$conf_options"
+        else
+                conf_options="$conf_options -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=$(which $CXXCUDA)"
+        fi
        conf_options="$conf_options -DENABLE_GPU=ON"
        ;;
+    hip)
+       conf_options="$conf_options -DHIP_ENABLE=ON"
+       ;;
     asan)
        conf_options="$conf_options -DENABLE_ASAN=ON"
        ;;
+    garbageinj)
+       conf_options="$conf_options -DENABLE_GARBAGE_INJECTOR=ON"
+       ;;
+    garbageinjv)
+       conf_options="$conf_options -DENABLE_VCLUSTER_GARBAGE_INJECTOR=ON"
+       ;;
     *) ac_unrecognized_opts="$ac_unrecognized_opts$ac_unrecognized_sep--enable-$ac_useropt_orig"
        ac_unrecognized_sep=', '
        ;;
@@ -573,6 +590,7 @@ cd build
 
 ## remove enerything
 echo "Calling cmake ../. $conf_options"
+printf "cmake ../. $conf_options" > cmake_build_options 
 rm ../error_code
 DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ld_lib_pathopt cmake ../. $conf_options
 if [ $? != 0 ]; then
@@ -601,6 +619,7 @@ clean:
 
 install:
 	\$(MAKE) -C build \$@
+	script/install_parallel_debugger
 
 pdata:
 	\$(MAKE) -C build \$@
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f8b87de0d1856c8a21e9ee1f1d8881481c13d72d..eb50c2f1c660f526c88f34e0efbdef3b4ba5d9c3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,12 +6,41 @@ if (CUDA_ON_CPU)
 	add_definitions(-DCUDA_ON_CPU)
 endif()
 
+if (CUDA_FOUND OR CUDA_ON_CPU OR HIP_FOUND)
 
-add_executable(io main.cpp 
+	set(CUDA_SOURCES HDF5_wr/HDF5_writer_cuda.cu)
+
+endif()
+
+if ( HIP_ENABLE AND HIP_FOUND )
+
+        list(APPEND HIP_HIPCC_FLAGS ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG})
+
+        if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+                list(APPEND HIP_HIPCC_FLAGS -O0)
+        endif()
+
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${HIP_HIPCC_EXECUTABLE})
+
+	list(APPEND HIP_HIPCC_FLAGS -D__NVCC__ -D__HIP__  -DCUDART_VERSION=11000 -D__CUDACC__ -D__CUDACC_VER_MAJOR__=11 -D__CUDACC_VER_MINOR__=0 -D__CUDACC_VER_BUILD__=0)
+
+        set_source_files_properties(${CUDA_SOURCES} PROPERTIES LANGUAGE CXX)
+
+        hip_add_executable(io main.cpp
+                                  MetaParser/MetaParser_unit_test.cpp
+				  ${CUDA_SOURCES}
+                                  ObjReader/ObjReader_unit_test.cpp)
+
+
+else()
+
+	add_executable(io main.cpp 
 				  MetaParser/MetaParser_unit_test.cpp 
-				  HDF5_wr/HDF5_writer_cuda.cu 
+				  ${CUDA_SOURCES}
 				  ObjReader/ObjReader_unit_test.cpp)
 
+endif()
+
 add_dependencies(io ofpmmemory)
 add_dependencies(io vcluster)
 
@@ -71,7 +100,7 @@ endif()
 # will also build with -std=c++11
 target_compile_features(io PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
 target_link_libraries(io ${MPI_C_LIBRARIES})
-
+target_link_libraries(io ${MPI_CXX_LIBRARIES})
 if (TEST_COVERAGE)
     target_link_libraries(io -lgcov)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/RawReader/InitGridWithPixel.hpp b/src/RawReader/InitGridWithPixel.hpp
index bd53a1ce70550f7a1c50de06000aa8c88dc4e2f8..f9ca4c9852da62ea19d44d7c5506c9da55fb9e7e 100644
--- a/src/RawReader/InitGridWithPixel.hpp
+++ b/src/RawReader/InitGridWithPixel.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  * @details Can be run in parallel.
  *
- * @author Justina Stark
+ * @author Justina Stark & Pietro Incardona
  * @date November 2019 - August 2020
  */
 #ifndef IMAGE_BASED_RECONSTRUCTION_GETINITIALGRID_HPP
diff --git a/src/config/config_cmake.h.in b/src/config/config_cmake.h.in
index 85840022fcec2c75463a60a05aa6c09b76ea448e..89dc2f504342560b87f489780adc1563f3f4fed3 100644
--- a/src/config/config_cmake.h.in
+++ b/src/config/config_cmake.h.in
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/* HIP GPU support */
+${DEFINE_HIP_GPU}
+
+/* HIP Cudify GPU support */
+${DEFINE_CUDIFY_USE_HIP}
+
 /* Coverty scan */
 ${DEFINE_COVERTY_SCAN}
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 176bf030ab86272271f3feea368596579bb02788..d73982ffad94993a966141815b8e09a216f0651c 100755
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #define BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
-
 // initialization function:
 bool init_unit_test()
 {