diff --git a/Documentation/Doxygen/CMakeLists.txt b/Documentation/Doxygen/CMakeLists.txt
index c045db8fd696f3bffd8cccb2ceddeef4ce7063ce..c12d7f7869a6856f2a97589e7752a9d00b12124a 100644
--- a/Documentation/Doxygen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Documentation/Doxygen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ if (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
     COMMENT "Generating API documentation with Doxygen"
     VERBATIM)
 
+  add_custom_command(TARGET doxygen POST_BUILD
+    COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/latex; pdflatex refman.tex
+    )
+  
   install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/html DESTINATION share/doc OPTIONAL)
+  install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/latex/refman.pdf DESTINATION share/doc OPTIONAL)
          
 else (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
   
diff --git a/Documentation/Doxygen/Doxyfile.in b/Documentation/Doxygen/Doxyfile.in
index 3083700bd447f1fbc0968c856846f4868544f668..e94e892677be0d29ed58c405848006624fb29f07 100644
--- a/Documentation/Doxygen/Doxyfile.in
+++ b/Documentation/Doxygen/Doxyfile.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ INPUT                  = @CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/../..
 EXCLUDE_PATTERN        = "*/ThirdParty/*/*"
 
 GENERATE_HTML          = YES
-GENERATE_LATEX         = NO
+GENERATE_LATEX         = YES
 
 FILE_PATTERNS          = *.cc *.cpp *.cxx *.h *.dox
 RECURSIVE              = YES
diff --git a/corsika.dox b/corsika.dox
index 9416fcf60d97b199e6381bcb6defc58cad71c99a..cf0e6d393182618ba93c65a99eec5dd0781debe5 100644
--- a/corsika.dox
+++ b/corsika.dox
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 /**
-@mainpage CORSIKA air shower simulations 
+@mainpage CORSIKA air shower simulations framework
 
-Source code documentation and reference guide for the CORSIKA8
-software framework for air shower simulations.
+Documentation and reference guide for the CORSIKA8 software framework
+for air shower simulations. CORSIKA is the most comprehensive
+framework for air shower simulations. CORSIKA is characterized by
+simulating particle cascades in astrophysical environments. The impact
+of stochastic and continuous processes on the cascade development is
+simulated. To boost computational efficiency different techniques are
+provided, like thinning or cascade equations. 
 
+The software makes extensive use of static design patterns and
+compiler optimization. Thus, the most fundamental configuration
+decision of the user must be performed at compile time. At runtime
+only spcific parameters can still be changed.
 
 */