diff --git a/AMDiS/AMDISConfig.cmake.in b/AMDiS/AMDISConfig.cmake.in
index 5c2e53181fc706bd2637cedcc22a25e2b66c3dcc..1f4224e6000906993721545ef93cf9081ce13b13 100644
--- a/AMDiS/AMDISConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/AMDiS/AMDISConfig.cmake.in
@@ -41,11 +41,17 @@ unset(_AMDIS_H CACHE)
 set(MTL_DIR ${AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIR}/mtl4 CACHE PATH "the mtl directory")
 list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${MTL_DIR})
 
+if(WIN32)
+  set(LIBEXT lib)
+else
+  set(LIBEXT so)
+endif()
+
 find_library(_AMDIS_LIB amdis PATHS ${AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR} ${AMDIS_DIR}/../../lib/amdis/ /usr/include/amdis)
 if(_AMDIS_LIB)
 	get_filename_component(AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR ${_AMDIS_LIB} PATH CACHE)
 	set(AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIRS ${AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR})
-	set(AMDIS_LIBRARIES "${_AMDIS_LIB};${AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR}/libmuparser.so" CACHE STRING "amdis libraries")
+	set(AMDIS_LIBRARIES "${_AMDIS_LIB};${AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR}/libmuparser.${LIBEXT}" CACHE STRING "amdis libraries")
 else()
 	message(ERROR "could not detect the AMDiS library directory. Please set the variable AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR to the directory containg the AMDiS library")
 endif()
@@ -183,12 +189,12 @@ if(AMDIS_NEED_EXTENSIONS)
 	list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIR}/extensions/time)
 	list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIR}/extensions/nanoflann)
 	list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIR}/extensions/pugixml)
-	list(APPEND AMDIS_LIBRARIES ${AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR}/libextensions.so)
+	list(APPEND AMDIS_LIBRARIES ${AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR}/libextensions.${LIBEXT})
 endif(AMDIS_NEED_EXTENSIONS)
 
 if(AMDIS_NEED_BASE_PROBLEMS)
 	list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIR}/base_problems)
-	list(APPEND AMDIS_LIBRARIES ${AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR}/libbase_problems.so)
+	list(APPEND AMDIS_LIBRARIES ${AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR}/libbase_problems.${LIBEXT})
 endif(AMDIS_NEED_BASE_PROBLEMS)
 
 #add directories for reinit
@@ -196,8 +202,8 @@ list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIR}/reinit)
 list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIR}/compositeFEM)
 list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIR}/muparser)
 
-list(APPEND AMDIS_LIBRARIES ${AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR}/libcompositeFEM.so)	
-list(APPEND AMDIS_LIBRARIES ${AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR}/libreinit.so)	
+list(APPEND AMDIS_LIBRARIES ${AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR}/libcompositeFEM.${LIBEXT})	
+list(APPEND AMDIS_LIBRARIES ${AMDIS_LIBRARY_DIR}/libreinit.${LIBEXT})	
 
 if(${AMDIS_FIND_COMPONENTS} MATCHES umfpack )
 	if(NOT AMDIS_NEED_UMFPACK)
diff --git a/AMDiS/CMakeLists.txt b/AMDiS/CMakeLists.txt
index 3fef73577e20fe600a97a1b19b61e490118fc60f..4a79f735758101cbc46b93c199a89e8a061d1c7a 100644
--- a/AMDiS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/AMDiS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ if(ENABLE_EXTENSIONS)
       list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${EXTENSIONS_DIR}/time)
       list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${EXTENSIONS_DIR}/nanoflann)
       list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${EXTENSIONS_DIR}/pugixml/src)
-      add_library(extensions SHARED ${EXTENSIONS_SRC})
+      add_library(extensions STATIC ${EXTENSIONS_SRC})
       list(APPEND AMDIS_LIBS extensions)
 
       FILE(GLOB HEADERS "${EXTENSIONS_DIR}/*.h")
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ if(ENABLE_EXTENSIONS)
       list(APPEND deb_add_dirs "include/amdis/extensions/pugixml")
 
       install(TARGETS extensions
-	      LIBRARY DESTINATION lib/amdis/ )
+	      DESTINATION lib/amdis/ )
 
 # === baseProblems ====================================================================
       
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ if(ENABLE_EXTENSIONS)
 		  ${EXTENSIONS_DIR}/base_problems/PhaseFieldCrystal_RB.cc)
 	list(APPEND COMPILEFLAGS "-DHAVE_BASE_PROBLEMS=1")
 	list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${EXTENSIONS_DIR}/base_problems)
-	add_library(base_problems SHARED ${BASE_PROBLEMS_SRC})
+	add_library(base_problems STATIC ${BASE_PROBLEMS_SRC})
 	list(APPEND AMDIS_LIBS base_problems)
 
 	FILE(GLOB HEADERS "${EXTENSIONS_DIR}/base_problems/*.h")
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ if(ENABLE_EXTENSIONS)
 	list(APPEND deb_add_dirs "include/amdis/base_problems")
 
 	install(TARGETS base_problems
-		LIBRARY DESTINATION lib/amdis/ )
+		DESTINATION lib/amdis/ )
     
       endif(ENABLE_BASE_PROBLEMS)
     endif()
@@ -495,10 +495,10 @@ list(APPEND AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${SOURCE_DIR})
 #include_directories(${SOURCE_DIR})
 include_directories(${AMDIS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
-add_library(amdis SHARED ${AMDIS_SRC} ${PARALLEL_DOMAIN_AMDIS_SRC})
-add_library(compositeFEM SHARED ${COMPOSITE_FEM_SRC})
-add_library(reinit SHARED ${REINIT_SRC})
-add_library(muparser SHARED ${MUPARSER_SRC})
+add_library(amdis STATIC ${AMDIS_SRC} ${PARALLEL_DOMAIN_AMDIS_SRC})
+add_library(compositeFEM STATIC ${COMPOSITE_FEM_SRC})
+add_library(reinit STATIC ${REINIT_SRC})
+add_library(muparser STATIC ${MUPARSER_SRC})
 
 #target_link_libraries(compositeFEM amdis)
 #target_link_libraries(reinit amdis)
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ list(APPEND deb_add_dirs "include/amdis/muparser")
 
 list(APPEND deb_add_dirs "lib/amdis")
 install(TARGETS amdis compositeFEM reinit muparser
-	LIBRARY DESTINATION lib/amdis/ )
+	DESTINATION lib/amdis/ )
 
 configure_file(${AMDIS_SOURCE_DIR}/AMDISConfig.cmake.in
 		${AMDIS_BINARY_DIR}/AMDISConfig.cmake