diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39c4ce500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.vscode
+build*
+sample_test
+build.sh
+temp/
+Gtest
+cmake-3.16.0-rc2-Linux-x86_64/
+stb-test/
+hip_build/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e339ecfe..fe43d8d9b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,34 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+# 
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#  
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#  
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+# THE SOFTWARE.
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 project(amd_rpp VERSION 0.2)
-
+message("${PROJECT_NAME} - ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+message("cmake minimum version required: ${CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION}")
+message("cmake version found: ${CMAKE_VERSION}")
 
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
+# set default backend to OPENCL
+if (NOT DEFINED BACKEND)
+    SET(BACKEND "OCL")
+endif()
 
 if(WIN32 AND CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     set(WINE_CMD "wine")
@@ -137,7 +163,6 @@ enable_cppcheck(
 )
 
 
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED include/rpp.h)
 
 # Find required packages
 find_package(OpenCL REQUIRED) # OpenCL_INCLUDE_DIRS, OpenCL_LIBRARIES
@@ -247,6 +272,7 @@ if (NOT DEFINED SIMD_ENABLE)
     SET(SIMD_ENABLE "1")
 endif()
 
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED include/rpp.h $<TARGET_OBJECTS:modules>)
 if( "${SIMD_ENABLE}" STREQUAL "1")
     target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ENABLE_SIMD_INTRINSICS=1)
     message("-- ${Green}${PROJECT_NAME} built with ENABLE_SIMD_INTRINSICS")
@@ -255,7 +281,6 @@ else()
     message("-- ${Green}${PROJECT_NAME} not built with ENABLE_SIMD_INTRINSICS")
 endif()
 
-
 # target setting
 option(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS "Use boost static libraries" ON)
 set(BOOST_COMPONENTS filesystem system)
@@ -265,10 +290,8 @@ find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
 find_package(OpenMP)
-if(OpenMP_CXX_FOUND)
-	target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${MODULES_LIST} ${SUB_MODULES_LIST} ${SUB_MODULES_LIST_HIP} ${LINK_LIST} ${LINK_LIST_HIP} OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
-endif()
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${MODULES_LIST} ${LINK_LIST} ${LINK_LIST_HIP})
+
+
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}
     PUBLIC
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 22dd99e5d..ee22cb45a 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ RPP is developed for __Linux__ operating system.
 3. [ROCm](https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/ROCm#installing-from-amd-rocm-repositories)
 
 ## Functions Included
+
 ### Image Augmentation Category
+
 #### Enhancements
 * Brightness modification
 * Contrast modification
@@ -23,18 +25,21 @@ RPP is developed for __Linux__ operating system.
 * Vignette effect
 * Gamma Correction
 * Histogram Balance
+
 #### Self Driving Car Specs
 * Exposure modifications
 * Foggy
 * Rainy
 * Snowy
 * RandomShadow
+
 #### Geometric Distortion Nodes
 * Rotate
 * Warp-affine
 * Flip (horizontally or vertically)
 * Fish Eye Effect
 * Lens correction
+
 #### Other Augmentations
 * Resize
 * RandomResizeCrop
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ RPP is developed for __Linux__ operating system.
 * Blurring
 * Adding Jitter
 * RandomCropLetterBox
+
 ### Vision Functions
 * Absolute Difference
 * Accumulate
@@ -136,58 +142,57 @@ Extended RPP support as a functionality through OpenVX [MIVisionX](https://githu
 #### RPP stand-alone code snippet using OCL
 
 ````
-    err = clGetPlatformIDs(1, &platform_id, NULL);
-    err = clGetDeviceIDs(platform_id, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU, 1, &device_id, NULL);
-    theContext = clCreateContext(0, 1, &device_id, NULL, NULL, &err);
-    theQueue = clCreateCommandQueue(theContext, device_id, 0, &err);
-
-    d_a = clCreateBuffer(theContext, CL_MEM_READ_ONLY, bytes, NULL, NULL);
-    d_c = clCreateBuffer(theContext, CL_MEM_WRITE_ONLY, bytes, NULL, NULL);
-    err = clEnqueueWriteBuffer(theQueue, d_a, CL_TRUE, 0,  bytes, h_a, 0, NULL, NULL);
-    cl_mem d_f;
-    d_f = clCreateBuffer(theContext, CL_MEM_READ_ONLY, f_bytes, NULL, NULL);
-    err = clEnqueueWriteBuffer(theQueue, d_f, CL_TRUE, 0, f_bytes, h_f, 0, NULL, NULL)
+err = clGetPlatformIDs(1, &platform_id, NULL);
+err = clGetDeviceIDs(platform_id, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU, 1, &device_id, NULL);
+theContext = clCreateContext(0, 1, &device_id, NULL, NULL, &err);
+theQueue = clCreateCommandQueue(theContext, device_id, 0, &err);
+
+d_a = clCreateBuffer(theContext, CL_MEM_READ_ONLY, bytes, NULL, NULL);
+d_c = clCreateBuffer(theContext, CL_MEM_WRITE_ONLY, bytes, NULL, NULL);
+err = clEnqueueWriteBuffer(theQueue, d_a, CL_TRUE, 0,  bytes, h_a, 0, NULL, NULL);
+cl_mem d_f;
+d_f = clCreateBuffer(theContext, CL_MEM_READ_ONLY, f_bytes, NULL, NULL);
+err = clEnqueueWriteBuffer(theQueue, d_f, CL_TRUE, 0, f_bytes, h_f, 0, NULL, NULL)
     
-    Rpp32f alpha=2;
-    Rpp32s beta=1;
+Rpp32f alpha=2;
+Rpp32s beta=1;
     
-    RppiSize srcSize;
-    srcSize.height=height;
-    srcSize.width=width;
-    rppi_brighten_8u_pln1_gpu( d_a, srcSize, d_c, alpha, beta, theQueue);//device side API call
+RppiSize srcSize;
+srcSize.height=height;
+srcSize.width=width;
+rppi_brighten_8u_pln1_gpu( d_a, srcSize, d_c, alpha, beta, theQueue);//device side API call
 ````
 
 #### RPP stand-alone code snippet using HOST
 
 ```
-        rppHandle_t handle;
-    	rppCreateWithBatchSize(&handle, noOfImages);
-        rppi_resize_u8_pkd3_batchDD_host(input, srcSize, output, dstSize, noOfImages, handle);
-        Rpp32f alpha=2;
-        Rpp32s beta=1;
+rppHandle_t handle;
+rppCreateWithBatchSize(&handle, noOfImages);
+rppi_resize_u8_pkd3_batchDD_host(input, srcSize, output, dstSize, noOfImages, handle);
+Rpp32f alpha=2;
+Rpp32s beta=1;
     
-        RppiSize srcSize;
-        srcSize.height=height;
-        srcSize.width=width;
-        rppi_brighten_8u_pln1_gpu( d_a, srcSize, d_c, alpha, beta, theQueue);//device side API call
-
+RppiSize srcSize;
+srcSize.height=height;
+srcSize.width=width;
+rppi_brighten_8u_pln1_gpu( d_a, srcSize, d_c, alpha, beta, theQueue);//device side API call
 ```
 
 #### RPP stand-alone code snippet using HIP
 
 ```
-    hipMalloc(&d_input, ioBufferSize * sizeof(Rpp8u));
-    hipMalloc(&d_output, ioBufferSize * sizeof(Rpp8u));
-    check_hip_error();
-    hipMemcpy(d_input, input, ioBufferSize * sizeof(Rpp8u), hipMemcpyHostToDevice);
-    check_hip_error();
-    Rpp32f alpha=2;
-    Rpp32s beta=1;
-
-    RppiSize srcSize;
-    srcSize.height=height;
-    srcSize.width=width;
-    rppi_brightness_u8_pkd3_gpu(d_input, srcSize[0], d_output, alpha, beta, handle); //device side API call
+hipMalloc(&d_input, ioBufferSize * sizeof(Rpp8u));
+hipMalloc(&d_output, ioBufferSize * sizeof(Rpp8u));
+check_hip_error();
+hipMemcpy(d_input, input, ioBufferSize * sizeof(Rpp8u), hipMemcpyHostToDevice);
+check_hip_error();
+Rpp32f alpha=2;
+Rpp32s beta=1;
+
+RppiSize srcSize;
+srcSize.height=height;
+srcSize.width=width;
+rppi_brightness_u8_pkd3_gpu(d_input, srcSize[0], d_output, alpha, beta, handle); //device side API call
 ```
 
 #### RPP with [GDF](https://github.com/GPUOpen-ProfessionalCompute-Libraries/MIVisionX/blob/master/utilities/runvx/README.md#amd-runvx)(uses OpenVX) code snippet
@@ -198,7 +203,7 @@ read input  ../images/face.jpg
 view input  inputWindow
 view output brightnessWindow
 
-#import RPP library
+# import RPP library
 import vx_rpp
 # create input and output images
 data input  = image:480,360,RGB2
@@ -210,8 +215,8 @@ data luma = image-virtual:0,0,U008
 node org.khronos.openvx.color_convert input yuv
 node org.khronos.openvx.channel_extract yuv !CHANNEL_Y luma
 
-#compute brightness and contrast in luma image using Brightness function
+# compute brightness and contrast in luma image using Brightness function
 data alpha = scalar:FLOAT32,1.0  #contrast control
 data beta = scalar:INT32,30    #brightness control
 node org.rpp.Brightness luma output alpha beta
-```
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/modules/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/CMakeLists.txt
index e406218e1..ecb9a100f 100644
--- a/src/modules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 project(modules)
-
 if (${BACKEND} MATCHES OCL)
 	file(GLOB RPP_KERNELS cl/kernel/*.cl)
 endif()
-
 if (${BACKEND} MATCHES HIP)
 	file(GLOB RPP_KERNELS hip/kernel/*.cpp)
 endif()
 
-
 if( ${BACKEND} MATCHES "OCL" OR ${BACKEND} STREQUAL "HIPOC" OR ${BACKEND} STREQUAL "HIP")
     list(APPEND Rpp_Source ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/rpp_kernels.h)
     MESSAGE("Add Custome Command")
@@ -33,7 +29,6 @@ if( ${BACKEND} MATCHES "OCL" OR ${BACKEND} STREQUAL "HIPOC" OR ${BACKEND} STREQU
     add_custom_target(rpp_tidy_inlining
         DEPENDS ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/rpp_kernels.h ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/rpp_kernel_includes.h
         )
-
     add_dependencies(tidy rpp_tidy_inlining)
 endif()
 
@@ -78,7 +73,6 @@ file( GLOB CPPFILES "*.cpp" )
 list(APPEND Rpp_Source ${CPPFILES})
 list(APPEND Rpp_Source ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/kernel.cpp)
 list(APPEND Rpp_Source ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/kernel_includes.cpp)
-
 # Backend Specific Settings
 if( "${TIME_INFO}" STREQUAL "1")
     add_definitions(-DTIME_INFO)
@@ -92,11 +86,10 @@ if( "${BACKEND}" STREQUAL "HIP")
 	add_definitions(-DSTATIC)
     endif()
     set(BACKEND_HIPOC 1)
-    add_subdirectory( hip )
+    #add_subdirectory( hip )
     # add_subdirectory( hipoc )
     set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${COMPILER_FOR_HIP})
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${HIP_HIPCC_FLAGS}  -fopenmp -Ofast -msse4.2 -msse4.1 -mssse3 -mavx2 -g3 -std=c++14")
-
     # set(LINK_LIST_HIPOC ${PROJECT_NAME}-hipoc ${LINK_LIST})
     set(LINK_LIST_HIP ${PROJECT_NAME}-hip ${LINK_LIST})
     # set(SUB_MODULES_LIST_HIPOC ${PROJECT_NAME}-hipoc ${SUB_MODULES_LIST} PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -106,13 +99,17 @@ if( "${BACKEND}" STREQUAL "HIP")
     set(HIP_INC "/opt/rocm/hip/include")
     set(INCLUDE_LIST ${HIP_INC} ${INCLUDE_LIST})
 elseif( "${BACKEND}" STREQUAL "OCL")
-    add_subdirectory( cl )
-    set(SUB_MODULES_LIST ${PROJECT_NAME}-opencl ${SUB_MODULES_LIST} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    file( GLOB MOD_CL_CPP "cl/*.cpp" )
+    list(APPEND Rpp_Source ${CPPFILES} ${MOD_CL_CPP})
     set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${COMPILER_FOR_OPENCL}) # GCC and G++ donst work for creating .so file
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}  -fopenmp -Ofast -msse4.2 -msse4.1 -mssse3 -mavx2 -g3 -std=c++14 -Wno-deprecated-declarations")
-    set(LINK_LIST ${PROJECT_NAME}-opencl ${OpenCL_LIBRARIES} ${LINK_LIST})
     add_definitions(-DRPP_CACHE_DIR="${CACHE_DIR}")
     set(ROCM_INC "/opt/rocm/include")
+    list(APPEND OpenCL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/include/cl/)
+    MESSAGE("OPenCL incude directories are ${OpenCL_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+    add_definitions(-DMOD_CL_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cl/kernel/")
+    add_definitions(-DRPP_CACHE_DIR="${CACHE_DIR}")
+    add_definitions(-DOCL_COMPILE)
     set(INCLUDE_LIST ${OpenCL_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${INCLUDE_LIST} ${ROCM_INC})
     add_definitions(-DOCL_COMPILE)
     add_definitions(-DRPP_BACKEND_OPENCL)
@@ -120,16 +117,9 @@ endif()
 
 add_kernels("${RPP_KERNELS}")
 add_kernel_includes("${RPP_KERNEL_INCLUDES}")
-
-
-add_library( ${PROJECT_NAME} OBJECT ${Rpp_Source})
-
-clang_tidy_check(${PROJECT_NAME})
-
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} OBJECT ${Rpp_Source} )
 # target setting
-
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME} ${LINK_LIST})
 target_include_directories( ${PROJECT_NAME}
     PUBLIC
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include
diff --git a/src/modules/cl/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/cl/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 76139f8a7..000000000
--- a/src/modules/cl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
-project(modules-opencl)
-
-if( BACKEND_HIPOC)
-    file( GLOB MOD_CL_KERNEL "kernel/*.cl" )
-    foreach (KERNEL_FILE ${MOD_CL_KERNEL})
-        get_filename_component(KERN_FILE_NAME ${KERNEL_FILE} NAME)
-        add_library( ${KERN_FILE_NAME} ${KERNEL_FILE})
-        set_target_properties(${KERN_FILE_NAME} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-        set_target_properties(${KERN_FILE_NAME} PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
-    endforeach(KERNEL_FILE)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${COMPILER_FOR_HIPOC})
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}  -fopenmp -Ofast -g3 -std=c++14 ")
-    add_definitions(-DHIP_COMPILE)
-    # add_definitions(-DMOD_CL_PATH="\\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/kernel/"\\")
-    add_definitions(-DMOD_CL_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/kernel/")
-    add_definitions(-DRPP_CACHE_DIR="/home/neel/shobi/")
-    add_definitions(-DRPP_BACKEND_HIP)
-    link_libraries(-amdgpu-target=gfx803 -amdgpu-target=gfx900 -Wno-unused-command-line-argument)
-else()
-    file( GLOB MOD_CPP "*.cpp" )
-    add_library( ${PROJECT_NAME} OBJECT ${MOD_CPP})
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${COMPILER_FOR_OPENCL}) # GCC and G++ donst work for creating .so file
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}  -fopenmp -Ofast -g3 -std=c++14 -Wno-deprecated-declarations")
-    add_definitions(-DRPP_BACKEND_OPENCL)
-
-    # add_definitions(-DMOD_CL_PATH="\\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/kernel/"\\")
-    add_definitions(-DMOD_CL_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/kernel/")
-    add_definitions(-DRPP_CACHE_DIR="${CACHE_DIR}")
-    add_definitions(-DOCL_COMPILE)
-
-    set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME} ${OpenCL_LIBRARIES} )
-    target_include_directories( ${PROJECT_NAME}
-        PUBLIC
-            ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-            ${OpenCL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-            /opt/rocm/include
-        PRIVATE
-            ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/include
-            ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/include/cl
-        )
-endif()