diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f6ff9850b63391fd57619e02df4eb00702b0ec87..16e427755ec7dadbc3f21c7aee1e5c7fc81536ee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Pre-requisites about cmake itself
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
 
 if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0005 NEW)
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ SET(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH 1)
 PROJECT(laser)
 set(PLUGIN_NAME wolf${PROJECT_NAME})
 
+MESSAGE("Starting ${PROJECT_NAME} CMakeLists ...")
+
 SET(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
 SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib)
 SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX /usr/local)
@@ -67,16 +69,11 @@ if(BUILD_TESTS)
     enable_testing()
 endif()
 
-MESSAGE("Starting ${PROJECT_NAME} CMakeLists ...")
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
-
 #CMAKE modules
-
 SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
 MESSAGE(STATUS ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
 
 # Some wolf compilation options
-
 IF((CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES DEBUG) OR (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES debug) OR (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug))
   set(_WOLF_DEBUG true)
 ENDIF()
@@ -91,7 +88,6 @@ IF(BUILD_EXAMPLES OR BUILD_TESTS)
   set(_WOLF_ROOT_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 ENDIF(BUILD_EXAMPLES OR BUILD_TESTS)
 
-
 #find dependencies.
 # ============EXAMPLE==================
 FIND_PACKAGE(wolfcore REQUIRED)
@@ -223,7 +219,6 @@ elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
   # using GCC
 endif()
 
-
 #Link the created libraries
 #===============EXAMPLE=========================
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PLUGIN_NAME} ${wolfcore_LIBRARIES})