diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b8c70164f3d4ef58e219d5d2f78fcf94b904435d..db0942def723d1c975aebcae55c95c12c322237c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
-cmake_project (corsika-data 1.0.0)
+project (
+  corsika-data
+  VERSION 1.0.0
+  DESCRIPTION "Distribution of partly compressed data tables+files for air shower physics"
+  LANGUAGES CXX
+  )
 
 # this may be included in our project to access corsika-data by adding
 # add_subdirectory (corsika-data)