diff --git a/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/.bench.sh b/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/.bench.sh
index f72b048..752c97c 100755
--- a/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/.bench.sh
+++ b/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/.bench.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ run_benchmarks() {
 
     for i in $(seq $runs)
     do
-        exet=$(./atax_acc)
+        exet=$(./atax.elf)
         totalt=$(awk "BEGIN{print $totalt+$exet}")
         echo -n "."
         # echo "Run #$i: " $(awk "BEGIN{printf(\"%.3g\", $exet)}") "seconds"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ do
         fi 
 
         echo "Flags: $cxxflags"
-        make --silent "EXTRA_CXXFLAGS=$cxxflags" clean all
+        make --silent "EXTRA_CXXFLAGS=$cxxflags" "atax.elf"
 
         run_benchmarks
     done
diff --git a/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/Makefile b/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/Makefile
index c8b4d0d..5975e40 100644
--- a/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/Makefile
+++ b/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
--include ../../../utilities/options.mk
--include ../../../utilities/c2.mk
-
-
 # -DPOLYBENCH_TIME makes Polybench output the execution time of the program
 CXXFLAGS+= -DPOLYBENCH_TIME 
 # -Wall and -Wextra enable more warnings
@@ -15,16 +11,25 @@ CXXFLAGS+= ${EXTRA_CXXFLAGS}
 # Select the location of the local CUDA install
 CUDA_HOME:=/opt/cuda
 # Specify the directory of the nvc compiler
-NVCC=$(CUDA_HOME)/bin/nvcc
+NVCC:=$(CUDA_HOME)/bin/nvcc
 # Specify the flags for the nvc compiler
 NVCFLAGS:=$(CXXFLAGS) $(NVOPT)
 
 
+INCPATHS:=-I../../../utilities
+
+
 # Create an automake definition for .cu files
-$(BUILD_DIR)/%.cu.o: %.cu
-	$(MKDIR_P) $(dir $@)
+%.cu.o:
 	$(NVCC) $(NVCFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
+%.exe: %.cu.o
+	$(NVCC) $(NVCFLAGS) $(INCPATHS) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
+
+%.elf: %.cu.o
+	$(NVCC) $(NVCFLAGS) $(INCPATHS) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
+
+
 .PHONY: bench
 
 bench: