diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2336904382641de1d67806a440362f4a28bdb8c1..9046fbe0bac096d1c862244ca5d7ddbb32925856 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
-## Version 1.1.3
+## Version 1.2.0
 
-* Add compile flag `--conda-warnings off` only if pyccel version is 1.8.0 or greater.
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+* Compile with language C by default.
+* Added command line options, seen with `compile-gvec-tp -h`
+* The "--compiler" option can now take the four compilers available in pyccel ("GNU" is the default, "intel", "PGI", "nvidia").
+Moreover, a JSON file can be specified to define a custom compiler (see pyccel doc).
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 68564bd74615d616840a5b95201b66a07dc732b4..5e6afd4b152ec710373b7969320224b8e853b6d1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "gvec-to-python"
-version = "1.1.3"
+version = "1.2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     ]
 dependencies = [
-    'matplotlib>=3.3.3',
-    'numpy>=1.19.5',
-    'pandas>=1.2.1',
+    'matplotlib',
+    'numpy',
+    'pandas',
     'pyccel',
-    'scipy>=1.6.0',
-    'tqdm>=4.56.0',
-    'vtk>=9.0.3', 
+    'scipy',
+    'tqdm',
+    'vtk', 
+    'argcomplete',
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/src/gvec_to_python/Makefile b/src/gvec_to_python/Makefile
index 29b50e12c3a5b31d0ba470bdf412f185f3392be5..c2c2d60009843c8c727c7daee187fe78041e9d77 100644
--- a/src/gvec_to_python/Makefile
+++ b/src/gvec_to_python/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 PYTHON  := python3
 SO_EXT  := $(shell $(PYTHON) -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var('EXT_SUFFIX'))")
 LIBDIR  := $(shell $(PYTHON) -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR'))")
+install_path := $(shell $(PYTHON) -c "import gvec_to_python as _; print(_.__path__[0])")
+
 FLAGS            := --libdir $(LIBDIR) $(flags) 
 
 #--------------------------------------
@@ -28,10 +30,10 @@ OUTPUTS := $(SOURCES:.py=$(SO_EXT))
 all: $(OUTPUTS)
 
 $(BK)$(SO_EXT) : $(BK).py
-	pyccel $< $(FLAGS)
+	pyccel $(FLAGS) $< 
 
 $(BEV1)$(SO_EXT) : $(BEV1).py $(BK)$(SO_EXT)
-	pyccel $< $(FLAGS)
+	pyccel $(FLAGS) $< 
 
 
 #--------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/gvec_to_python/console/compile.py b/src/gvec_to_python/console/compile.py
index 40a0f008ff8c35c74715dc8abb9b5401e6614021..c7cc0f010c78b6f57a7375e259bf45370cd3cd29 100644
--- a/src/gvec_to_python/console/compile.py
+++ b/src/gvec_to_python/console/compile.py
@@ -4,23 +4,85 @@ def compile_gvec_to_python():
     import os
     import gvec_to_python
     import pyccel
+    import argparse
+    import importlib.metadata
+    import argcomplete
 
-    libpath = gvec_to_python.__path__[0]
+    # setup argument parser
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='gvec_to_python',
+                                     description='3D MHD equilibria from GVEC in Python.')
+    
+    # version message
+    __version__ = importlib.metadata.version("gvec_to_python")
+    version_message = f'gvec_to_python {__version__}\n'
+    version_message += 'Copyright 2022 (c) T.K. Cheng, F. Hindenlang, S. Possanner | Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics\n'
+    version_message += 'MIT license\n'
+
+    # arguments
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--version', action='version',
+                        version=version_message)
     
-    # pyccel flags
-    flags = ''
+    parser.add_argument('--language',
+                                type=str,
+                                metavar='LANGUAGE',
+                                help='either "c" (default) or "fortran"',
+                                default='c')
+    
+    parser.add_argument('--compiler',
+                                type=str,
+                                metavar='COMPILER',
+                                help='either "GNU" (default), "intel", "PGI", "nvidia" or the path to a JSON compiler file.',
+                                default='GNU')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-d', '--delete',
+                                help='remove .f90/.c and .so files (for running pure Python code)',
+                                action='store_true')
+
+    parser.add_argument('--verbose',
+                                help='call pyccel with --verbose compiler option',
+                                action='store_true')
     
-    _li = pyccel.__version__.split('.')
-    _num = int(_li[0])*100 + int(_li[1])*10 + int(_li[2])
-    if _num >= 180:
-        flags += '--conda-warnings off'
+    # parse argument
+    argcomplete.autocomplete(parser)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    kwargs = vars(args)
+
+    libpath = gvec_to_python.__path__[0]
+    
+    if any([s == ' ' for s in libpath]):
+        raise NameError(
+            f'gvec-to.python installation path MUST NOT contain blank spaces. Please rename "{libpath}".')
+
+    if kwargs['delete']:
+
+        # (change dir not to be in source path)
+        print('\nDeleting .f90/.c and .so files ...')
+        subprocess.run(['make',
+                        'clean',
+                        '-f',
+                        os.path.join(libpath, 'Makefile'),
+                        ], check=True, cwd=libpath)
+        print('Done.')
     
-    print('\nCompiling gvec-to-python kernels ...')
-    subprocess.run(['make', 
-                    '-f', 
-                    os.path.join(libpath, 'Makefile'),
-                    'flags=' + flags,
-                    'install_path=' + libpath,
-                    ], check=True, cwd=libpath)
-    print('Done.')
+    else:
+        # pyccel flags
+        flags = '--language=' +  kwargs['language']
+        flags += ' --compiler=' + kwargs['compiler']
+        
+        _li = pyccel.__version__.split('.')
+        _num = int(_li[0])*100 + int(_li[1])*10 + int(_li[2])
+        if _num >= 180:
+            flags += ' --conda-warnings off'
+            
+        if kwargs['verbose']:
+            flags += ' --verbose'
+        
+        print('\nCompiling gvec-to-python kernels ...')
+        subprocess.run(['make', 
+                        '-f', 
+                        os.path.join(libpath, 'Makefile'),
+                        'flags=' + flags,
+                        'install_path=' + libpath,
+                        ], check=True, cwd=libpath)
+        print('Done.')