diff --git a/continuous_integration/install_spm.sh b/continuous_integration/install_spm.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index a3db7d41..00000000
--- a/continuous_integration/install_spm.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-SPM_ROOT_DIR=~/opt/spm8
-
-if [ -d "$SPM_ROOT_DIR" ]
-then
-    echo "spm already installed"
-else
-    echo "Creating directory : " $SPM_ROOT_DIR
-    mkdir -p $SPM_ROOT_DIR && cd $SPM_ROOT_DIR
-    echo "Downloading spm8 : "
-    wget http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/download/restricted/utopia/spm8/spm8_r5236.zip
-    echo "Unzipping : "
-    unzip -q spm8_r5236.zip
-    echo "Chmoding : "
-    chmod 755 spm8/run_spm8.sh
-    echo "Downloading MCR : "
-    wget http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/download/restricted/utopia/MCR/glnxa64/MCRInstaller.bin
-    echo "Chmoding : "
-    chmod 755 MCRInstaller.bin
-    echo "Installing MCR : "
-    ./MCRInstaller.bin -P bean421.installLocation="mcr" -silent
-fi
-
-echo "Writing spm.sh : "
-cat <<EOF > $SPM_ROOT_DIR/spm8.sh
-#!/bin/bash
-SPM8_STANDALONE_HOME=$SPM_ROOT_DIR/spm8
-exec "\${SPM8_STANDALONE_HOME}/run_spm8.sh" "\${SPM8_STANDALONE_HOME}/../mcr/v713" \${1+"\$@"}
-EOF
-echo "Chmoding : "
-chmod 755 $SPM_ROOT_DIR/spm8.sh
-echo "Quiting : "
-# Create CTF
-$SPM_ROOT_DIR/spm8.sh quit
-echo "Export SPM_DIR and SPM_MCR by running the following commands:"
-echo
-cmds="export SPM_DIR=$SPM_ROOT_DIR/spm8/spm8_mcr/spm8; export SPM_MCR=$SPM_ROOT_DIR/spm8.sh"
-echo ${cmds}
-echo
-echo "N.B.: You may want add the above commands (the exports) to your ~/.bashrc file once and for all."
-${cmds}
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/continuous_integration/install_spm12.sh b/continuous_integration/install_spm12.sh
index cf0a5482..0f693e2f 100644
--- a/continuous_integration/install_spm12.sh
+++ b/continuous_integration/install_spm12.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/bash
-# Time-stamp: <2018-02-14 11:26:59 cp983411>
+# Time-stamp: <2018-02-25 13:48:38 cp983411>
 
 # Download and install SPM12 standalone (no Matlab license required)
 # see https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/SPM/Standalone
@@ -7,14 +7,17 @@
 set -e
 # set -x  # echo on for debugging
 
+OWD=$PWD
+
 #  Installation directory can be specified as first argument on the command line
-#  Warning: use a fully qualitifed path (from root) to correctly set up env variables
+#  Warning: use a fully qualified path (from root) to correctly set up env variables
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]
-  then
-      SPM_ROOT_DIR=$HOME/opt/spm12   # default
+then
+    echo "This script downloads and installs SPM12 standalone (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/SPM/Standalone)"
+    read -p "Installation directory? " -e -i "$HOME/opt/spm12" SPM_ROOT_DIR
 else
-      SPM_ROOT_DIR=$1
+    SPM_ROOT_DIR=$1
 fi
 
 mkdir -p $SPM_ROOT_DIR
@@ -37,7 +40,8 @@ if [ ! -d mcr ]; then
    chmod 755 ${MCRINST}
    ./${MCRINST} -P bean421.installLocation="mcr" -silent
 fi
-   
+
+
 # create start-up script
 cat <<EOF > spm12.sh
 #!/bin/bash
@@ -48,24 +52,28 @@ EOF
 chmod 755 spm12.sh
 
 if [ ! -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXp.so.6 ]; then
-    echo "WARNING!!!"
+    echo "IMPORTANT:"
     echo "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXp.so.6 is missing"
     echo 
-    echo To install it:
-    echo 'sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://securuty.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main"'
+    echo To install it, you must execute:
+    echo 'sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main"'
     echo 'sudo apt update'
-    echo 'sudo apt install lixp6'
-    echo 'sudo add-apt-repository -r "deb http://securuty.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main"'
+    echo 'sudo apt install libxp6'
+    echo 'sudo add-apt-repository -r "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main"'
+    echo
 fi
 
 # Create CTF
 ${SPM_ROOT_DIR}/spm12.sh quit
+
+# Create environment variables for pypreprocess
+
 cmds="export SPM_DIR=$SPM_ROOT_DIR/spm12/; export SPM_MCR=$SPM_ROOT_DIR/spm12.sh"
 ${cmds}
+echo "IMPORTANT: pypreprocess will need the SPM_DIR and SPM_MCR variables. you should execute the following line: "
 echo
-echo ${cmds}
-echo "IMPORTANT: you should now execute the following line: "
-echo "echo ${cmds} >> $HOME/.bashrc"
+echo "echo \"${cmds}\" >> $HOME/.profile"
 
+cd $OWD