diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a88c1f75306724a1614f40053e866de64a8e330c..8dac5a1187b65d6e347e81a740e683b225792a5b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ notifications:
     email:
         recipients:
             - dilawar.s.rajput@gmail.com
+            - bhalla@ncbs.res.in
+            - hrani@ncbs.res.in
+            - ray.subhasis@gmail.com
         on_success: change
         on_failure: always
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 75f76d730606f8cd08def2978b756bbf77d04c9f..3c91065a85cc57e4500fbb493a7c15dea2fe141e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,27 +20,22 @@ include(FindPkgConfig)
 set(VERSION_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION)
 find_program(GIT_EXEC "git")
 message( STATUS "Looking for git ${GIT_EXEC}" )
-if( (NOT MOOSE_VERSION) AND GIT_EXEC)
+if( (NOT _MOOSE_VERSION) AND GIT_EXEC)
     execute_process( 
         COMMAND ${GIT_EXEC} describe --tags --long
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-        OUTPUT_VARIABLE MOOSE_VERSION
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE _MOOSE_VERSION
         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
         )
-    message(STATUS "+ Writing ${MOOSE_VERSION} to ${VERSION_FILE}" )
-    file(WRITE ${VERSION_FILE} ${MOOSE_VERSION})
-elseif( (NOT MOOSE_VERSION) AND (NOT GIT_EXEC) )
-    message(STATUS "+ Reading ${VERSION_FILE}" )
-    file(READ ${VERSION_FILE} GIT_VERSION_OUTPUT )
-elseif(MOOSE_VERSION)
-    message(STATUS "+ Using user specified VERSION = ${MOOSE_VERSION}" )
-    file(WRITE ${VERSION_FILE} ${MOOSE_VERSION})
-else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not determine MOOSE_VERSION" )
+elseif(_MOOSE_VERSION)
+    message(STATUS "+ Using user specified VERSION = ${_MOOSE_VERSION}" )
+    file(WRITE ${VERSION_FILE} ${_MOOSE_VERSION})
+else( )
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not determine _MOOSE_VERSION" )
 endif( )
 
-add_definitions( -DMOOSE_VERSION="${MOOSE_VERSION}")
-message( STATUS "MOOSE Version ${MOOSE_VERSION}" )
+add_definitions( -DMOOSE_VERSION="${_MOOSE_VERSION}")
+message( STATUS "MOOSE Version ${_MOOSE_VERSION}" )
 
 # This snippet is from LLVM project.
 # Sanity check our source directory to make sure that we are not trying to