diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ff02bc23d66a3467f0b5ba68714c32709e4ffbd2..891fff9fb357c618ef58d71860026605a2b81078 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules)
 
 set(${PROJECT_NAME}_MAJOR_VERSION 01)
-set(${PROJECT_NAME}_MINOR_VERSION 08)
+set(${PROJECT_NAME}_MINOR_VERSION 09)
 set(${PROJECT_NAME}_PATCH_VERSION 00)
 include(cmake/set_version_numbers.cmake)
 
@@ -25,36 +25,41 @@ FIND_PACKAGE(DOOCS 22.11 COMPONENTS server REQUIRED)
 FIND_PACKAGE(Boost COMPONENTS thread REQUIRED)
 
 FIND_PACKAGE(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-# note, libxml++ is already used in ControlSystemAdapter but set as PRIVATE. 
+
+# note, libxml++ is already used in ControlSystemAdapter but set as PRIVATE.
 # It makes sinse to keep versions in sync.
 set(LIBXML++_VERSION "libxml++-2.6")
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LibXML++ REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET ${LIBXML++_VERSION})
 
-#For some reason the system library has to be mentioned explicitly to the linker.
-#This is strange because the thead library has it as a dependency.
+# For some reason the system library has to be mentioned explicitly to the linker.
+# This is strange because the thead library has it as a dependency.
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build test programs" ON)
+
 IF(BUILD_TESTS)
   FIND_PACKAGE(Boost COMPONENTS unit_test_framework REQUIRED)
   ENABLE_TESTING()
 ENDIF()
-  
+
 aux_source_directory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src library_sources)
 file(GLOB headers "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${subdir}/include/*.h")
 set(library_sources ${library_sources} ${headers})
 
 # first define C++ library, will be referenced by tests
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${library_sources} )
-target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC 
-    "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include>"
-    # relative to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} but don't explicitly mention it
-    "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>")
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${library_sources})
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
+  "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include>"
+
+  # relative to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} but don't explicitly mention it
+  "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>")
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES VERSION ${${PROJECT_NAME}_FULL_LIBRARY_VERSION} SOVERSION ${${PROJECT_NAME}_SOVERSION})
+
 # with imported targets, CXX flags etc are pulled in automatically
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} 
-    PRIVATE PkgConfig::LibXML++
-    PRIVATE DOOCS::server 
-    # we make this public because of implicitly carried DeviceAccess compile flags, needed e.g. for tests
-    PUBLIC ChimeraTK::ChimeraTK-ControlSystemAdapter)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
+  PRIVATE PkgConfig::LibXML++
+  PRIVATE DOOCS::server
+
+  # we make this public because of implicitly carried DeviceAccess compile flags, needed e.g. for tests
+  PUBLIC ChimeraTK::ChimeraTK-ControlSystemAdapter)
 
 # do not remove runtime paths of the library when installing (helps for unsually located implicit dependencies)
 set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
@@ -63,61 +68,62 @@ set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 # Currently we assume that they are all tests contained in one file, so
 # each file gives a new executable. This section has to be adapted if this should change.
 if(BUILD_TESTS)
-
   # loop over all sources files in execultables_src directory
   aux_source_directory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/src testExecutables)
-  foreach( testExecutableSrcFile ${testExecutables} ${referenceExecutables})
+
+  foreach(testExecutableSrcFile ${testExecutables} ${referenceExecutables})
     # NAME_WE means the base name without path and (longest) extension
     get_filename_component(excutableName ${testExecutableSrcFile} NAME_WE)
+
     # each test includes a DOOCS server
     add_executable(${excutableName} ${testExecutableSrcFile})
     target_include_directories(${excutableName} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/include)
     target_link_options(${excutableName} PRIVATE "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags")
-    target_link_libraries(${excutableName} 
-        PRIVATE ${PROJECT_NAME} ChimeraTK::doocs-server-test-helper
-        PRIVATE PkgConfig::LibXML++)
+    target_link_libraries(${excutableName}
+      PRIVATE ${PROJECT_NAME} ChimeraTK::doocs-server-test-helper
+      PRIVATE PkgConfig::LibXML++)
     add_test(${excutableName} ${excutableName})
-  endforeach( testExecutableSrcFile )
+  endforeach(testExecutableSrcFile)
 
-  file(GLOB XML_FILES variable  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/variableTreeXml/*.xml ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/variableTreeXml/intentionallyBroken/*.xml)
+  file(GLOB XML_FILES variable ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/variableTreeXml/*.xml ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/variableTreeXml/intentionallyBroken/*.xml)
   file(COPY ${XML_FILES} DESTINATION ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/variableTreeXml)
 
-  file(GLOB TEST_XML_FILES variable  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/*.xml)
+  file(GLOB TEST_XML_FILES variable ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/*.xml)
   file(COPY ${TEST_XML_FILES} DESTINATION ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
 
-  file(GLOB TEST_CONF_FILES variable  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/*.conf)
+  file(GLOB TEST_CONF_FILES variable ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/*.conf)
   file(COPY ${TEST_CONF_FILES} DESTINATION ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
-
 endif()
 
 include(cmake/enable_doxygen_documentation.cmake)
 
 # build the reference test doocs server
 add_executable(referenceTestDoocsServer ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/referenceTestDoocsServer/referenceTestDoocsServer.cc)
-target_link_libraries(referenceTestDoocsServer 
-    PRIVATE ${PROJECT_NAME} ChimeraTK::ChimeraTK-ControlSystemAdapter ${Boost_LIBRARIES} 
-    PRIVATE PkgConfig::LibXML++)
+target_link_libraries(referenceTestDoocsServer
+  PRIVATE ${PROJECT_NAME} ChimeraTK::ChimeraTK-ControlSystemAdapter ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
+  PRIVATE PkgConfig::LibXML++)
 
-FILE( COPY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/referenceTestDoocsServer/referenceTestDoocsServer.conf DESTINATION ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
+FILE(COPY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/referenceTestDoocsServer/referenceTestDoocsServer.conf DESTINATION ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
 
-#Install the library and the executables
+# Install the library and the executables
 # this defines architecture-dependent ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
-install( TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
-         EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets
-         LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} )
-
-#all include files go into include/PROJECT_NAME
-#The exclusion of ${PROJECT_NAME} prevents the recursive installation of the files just being installed.
-#The original headers are in include/*.h, the installed ones in include/PROJECT_NAME/*.h.
-install( DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include/ DESTINATION include/${PROJECT_NAME}
-         FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h"
-         PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
-         PATTERN "${PROJECT_NAME}" EXCLUDE )
+install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
+  EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+
+# all include files go into include/PROJECT_NAME
+# The exclusion of ${PROJECT_NAME} prevents the recursive installation of the files just being installed.
+# The original headers are in include/*.h, the installed ones in include/PROJECT_NAME/*.h.
+install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include/ DESTINATION include/${PROJECT_NAME}
+  FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h"
+  PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
+  PATTERN "${PROJECT_NAME}" EXCLUDE)
 
 # generate cmake config so other projects can find this library
 # we support our cmake EXPORTS as imported targets
 set(PROVIDES_EXPORTED_TARGETS 1)
+
 # we need the public dependencies so create_cmake_config_files can find them as implicit dependencies
 list(APPEND ${PROJECT_NAME}_PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES "ChimeraTK-ControlSystemAdapter")
 include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/create_cmake_config_files.cmake)