diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1583687..22ccd6c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
-#Specify the version being used aswell as the language
+#Specify the version being used as well as the language
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.11)
 
 #Name your project here
-project(netMets)
+project(netmets)
 
 #set the module directory
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
 #find the STIM library
-find_package(STIM REQUIRED)
+find_package(STIM)
+
+#if the STIM library isn't found, download it
+if(NOT STIM_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+	file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/stimlib)	#remove the stimlib directory if it exists
+	set(STIM_GIT "https://git.stim.ee.uh.edu/codebase/stimlib.git")
+	execute_process(COMMAND git clone --depth 1 ${STIM_GIT} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+	set(STIM_INCLUDE_DIRS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/stimlib" CACHE TYPE PATH)
+endif(NOT STIM_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 
 #find BOOST
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
@@ -22,6 +30,7 @@ find_package(X11)
 #find the Approximate Nearest Neighbor Library
 find_package(ANN REQUIRED)
 
+#build the executable in the binary directory on MS Visual Studio
 if ( MSVC )
 	SET( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG "${OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
 	SET( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE "${OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 0935ac2..257dd53 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	float sigma = atof(argv[3]);
 	stim::network<float> GT;stim::network<float> T;
 	// load obj files to 3D network class
+	
+	//load the ground truth and test case networks
 	GT.load_obj(argv[1]);
 	T.load_obj(argv[2]);
 
 	// resample the loaded networks
-	stim::network<float> resampled_GT;stim::network<float> resampled_T;
+	stim::network<float> resampled_GT;
+	stim::network<float> resampled_T;
 
 	resampled_GT = GT.resample(sigma * resample_rate);
 	resampled_T = T.resample(sigma * resample_rate);
--
libgit2 0.21.4