diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1b5b41ee08e6a82497f4ac241a2eeda5b2ed5db6..0581afa17e57133858bfc748cb81c681fb987621 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #     Author: wfg
      
 #DEFAULT COMPILERS IN PATH, LIBS will be modified in Makefile.libs
-CC:=g++-6
+CC:=g++
 AR:=ar
 MPICC:=mpic++
 LIBS:=
diff --git a/examples/hello/datamanReader/Makefile b/examples/hello/datamanReader/Makefile
index b3e9097451346458e2d5d470b3ee926e56d897f8..e07e52144eec8acd4cb381f8912feeac0ffb53f7 100644
--- a/examples/hello/datamanReader/Makefile
+++ b/examples/hello/datamanReader/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 BASE_NAME=helloDataManReader
 
-CC=g++-6 # Compiling with defaults
+CC=g++ # Compiling with defaults
 MPICC=mpic++
 INC=
 LIB=
diff --git a/examples/hello/datamanWriter/Makefile b/examples/hello/datamanWriter/Makefile
index 1d1ac1ce16877bf666455325cd4ec55cf2226533..2866c4029ff64f18eb21cbee5c8d32e2a11803ca 100644
--- a/examples/hello/datamanWriter/Makefile
+++ b/examples/hello/datamanWriter/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 BASE_NAME=helloDataManWriter
 
-CC=clang++ # Compiling with defaults
+CC=g++ # Compiling with defaults
 MPICC=mpic++
 INC=
 LIB=