diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ffc14d..df6bf3b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ if(ACTSVG_BUILD_META)
     add_subdirectory(meta)
 endif()
 
-option(ACTSVG_BUILD_WEB "Build the webpage builder interface of ACTSVG" ON)
+option(  "Build the webpage builder interface of ACTSVG" ON)
 if(ACTSVG_BUILD_WEB)
     add_subdirectory(web)
 endif()
 
 option(ACTSVG_BUILD_TESTING "Build the (unit) tests of ACTSVG" OFF)
 
-if(ACTSVG_BUILD_TESTING OR ACTSVG_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
+if(ACTSVG_BUILD_TESTING)
     add_subdirectory(data)
 endif()
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if(ACTSVG_BUILD_TESTING)
     add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
 
-if(ACTSVG_BUILD_TESTING OR ACTSVG_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
+if(ACTSVG_BUILD_TESTING)
     # Set up GoogleTest.
     option(
         ACTSVG_SETUP_GOOGLETEST
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ if(ACTSVG_BUILD_TESTING OR ACTSVG_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-option(ACTSVG_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS "Build the python bindings of ACTSVG" ON)
+option(ACTSVG_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS "Build the python bindings of ACTSVG" OFF)
 if(ACTSVG_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS)
     find_package(Python 3.8 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
     option(
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53d9280..c5308c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # actsvg
 
-An SVG based C++17 plotting library for ACTS detectors, surfaces and relations.
+An SVG based C++20 plotting library for ACTS detectors, surfaces and relations.
 
 This library has itself no dependency, simply for unittesting it relies on `googletest`.
+In case `actsvg` is built with python bindings, also `pybind11` is used as a dependency.
+
 ## Core module
 
-This module has the entire definition and plotting functionality. 
+This module has the core definition and plotting functionality for primitives.
 
 ## Meta module
 
@@ -36,4 +38,21 @@ An example for an endcap sheet:
 
 An example for a barrel sheet (module info display):
 
-<img src="https://github.com/acts-project/actsvg/blob/main/docs/svg/odd_barrel_sheet_module_info.svg" width=600/>
\ No newline at end of file
+<img src="https://github.com/acts-project/actsvg/blob/main/docs/svg/odd_barrel_sheet_module_info.svg" width=600/>
+
+## Getting started
+
+To build `actsvg` using CMake execute the following
+
+```sh
+ cmake -GNinja -S <actsvg_src> -B <actsvg_build> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<actsvg_installed>
+    		  -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20
+cmake --build $bdir -j $cthreads --target install
+```
+
+CMake Build options are (and their defaults)
+| ACTSVG_BUILD_META | Build the meta module of the project | ON |
+| ACTSVG_BUILD_WEB | Build the web module of the project | ON |
+| ACTSVG_BUILD_TESTING | Building the testing suite | OFF |
+| ACTSVG_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS | Build python bindings for the project | OFF |
+