diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5830994a..20d76061 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,30 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 project(lanelet2)
 
-enable_testing()
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED)
+
+set(CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS TRUE)
+if (MSVC)
+    add_compile_definitions(_USE_MATH_DEFINES)
+endif ()
+
+option(LANELET2_ENABLE_TESTS "Build the testing tree." OFF)
+if (LANELET2_ENABLE_TESTS)
+    enable_testing()
+endif ()
+
+
+#include_directories(
+#        lanelet2_core/include
+#        lanelet2_io/include
+#        lanelet2_projection/include
+#        lanelet2_traffic_rules/include
+#        lanelet2_routing/include
+#        lanelet2_validation/include)
 
-#include_directories(lanelet2_core/include lanelet2_io/include lanelet2_projection/include lanelet2_traffic_rules/include
-#        lanelet2_routing/include lanelet2_validation/include)
 add_subdirectory(lanelet2_core)
-#add_subdirectory(lanelet2_io)
+add_subdirectory(lanelet2_io)
 #add_subdirectory(lanelet2_projection)
 #add_subdirectory(lanelet2_traffic_rules)
 #add_subdirectory(lanelet2_routing)
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 3ca183de..ecb8bccf 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Lanelet2Conan(ConanFile):
 
     proj_list = [
         'lanelet2_core',
-        # 'lanelet2_io',
+        'lanelet2_io',
         # 'lanelet2_matching',
         # 'lanelet2_projection',
         # 'lanelet2_traffic_rules',
diff --git a/lanelet2_core/CMakeLists.txt b/lanelet2_core/CMakeLists.txt
index e133c646..ea0f478f 100644
--- a/lanelet2_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lanelet2_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ file(GLOB PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_SRC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/*.cpp")
 #    INCLUDES ${PROJECT_HEADER_FILES_INC} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_INC}
 #    SOURCES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_SRC}
 #    )
-set(CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS TRUE)
-if (MSVC)
-    add_compile_definitions(_USE_MATH_DEFINES)
-endif ()
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
 find_package(Eigen3 REQUIRED)
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_SRC})
@@ -82,9 +78,11 @@ install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
 #    mrt_add_tests(test)
 #    mrt_add_nosetests(test)
 #endif ()
-include(GoogleTest)
-find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
-file(GLOB PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_test "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/*.cpp")
-add_executable("${PROJECT_NAME}-test" ${PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_test})
-target_link_libraries("${PROJECT_NAME}-test" PRIVATE GTest::gtest_main ${PROJECT_NAME})
-gtest_discover_tests("${PROJECT_NAME}-test")
\ No newline at end of file
+if (LANELET2_ENABLE_TESTS)
+    include(GoogleTest)
+    find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+    file(GLOB PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_test "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/*.cpp")
+    add_executable("${PROJECT_NAME}-test" ${PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_test})
+    target_link_libraries("${PROJECT_NAME}-test" PRIVATE GTest::gtest_main ${PROJECT_NAME})
+    gtest_discover_tests("${PROJECT_NAME}-test")
+endif ()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lanelet2_io/CMakeLists.txt b/lanelet2_io/CMakeLists.txt
index e4828bf4..63fb824b 100644
--- a/lanelet2_io/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lanelet2_io/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-set(MRT_PKG_VERSION 4.0.0)
+#set(MRT_PKG_VERSION 4.0.0)
 # Modify only if you know what you are doing!
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.1)
 project(lanelet2_io)
@@ -6,64 +6,82 @@ project(lanelet2_io)
 ###################
 ## Find packages ##
 ###################
-find_package(mrt_cmake_modules REQUIRED)
-include(UseMrtStdCompilerFlags)
-include(GatherDeps)
+#find_package(mrt_cmake_modules REQUIRED)
+#include(UseMrtStdCompilerFlags)
+#include(GatherDeps)
 
 # You can add a custom.cmake in order to add special handling for this package. E.g. you can do:
 # list(REMOVE_ITEM DEPENDEND_PACKAGES <package name 1> <package name 2> ...)
 # To remove libs which cannot be found automatically. You can also "find_package" other, custom dependencies there.
 # You can also set PROJECT_INSTALL_FILES to install files that are not installed by default.
-if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/custom.cmake")
-    include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/custom.cmake")
-endif()
-
-find_package(AutoDeps REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${DEPENDEND_PACKAGES})
-
-mrt_parse_package_xml()
+#if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/custom.cmake")
+#    include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/custom.cmake")
+#endif()
+#
+#find_package(AutoDeps REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${DEPENDEND_PACKAGES})
+#
+#mrt_parse_package_xml()
 
 ########################
 ## Add python modules ##
 ########################
 # This adds a python module if located under src/{PROJECT_NAME)
-mrt_python_module_setup()
-
-mrt_glob_files(PROJECT_PYTHON_SOURCE_FILES_SRC "python_api/*.cpp")
-if (PROJECT_PYTHON_SOURCE_FILES_SRC)
-    # Add a cpp-python api library. Make sure there are no name collisions with python modules in this project
-    mrt_add_python_api( ${PROJECT_NAME}
-        FILES ${PROJECT_PYTHON_SOURCE_FILES_SRC}
-        )
-endif()
+#mrt_python_module_setup()
+#
+#mrt_glob_files(PROJECT_PYTHON_SOURCE_FILES_SRC "python_api/*.cpp")
+#if (PROJECT_PYTHON_SOURCE_FILES_SRC)
+#    # Add a cpp-python api library. Make sure there are no name collisions with python modules in this project
+#    mrt_add_python_api( ${PROJECT_NAME}
+#        FILES ${PROJECT_PYTHON_SOURCE_FILES_SRC}
+#        )
+#endif()
 
 ############################
 ## Read source code files ##
 ############################
-mrt_glob_files_recurse(PROJECT_HEADER_FILES_INC "include/*.h" "include/*.hpp" "include/*.cuh")
-mrt_glob_files(PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_INC "src/*.h" "src/*.hpp" "src/*.cuh")
-mrt_glob_files(PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_SRC "src/*.cpp" "src/*.cu")
+#mrt_glob_files_recurse(PROJECT_HEADER_FILES_INC "include/*.h" "include/*.hpp" "include/*.cuh")
+#mrt_glob_files(PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_INC "src/*.h" "src/*.hpp" "src/*.cuh")
+#mrt_glob_files(PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_SRC "src/*.cpp" "src/*.cu")
+file(GLOB PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_SRC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/*.cpp")
 
 ###########
 ## Build ##
 ###########
 # Declare a cpp library
-mrt_add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}
-    INCLUDES ${PROJECT_HEADER_FILES_INC} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_INC}
-    SOURCES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_SRC}
-    )
+#mrt_add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}
+#    INCLUDES ${PROJECT_HEADER_FILES_INC} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_INC}
+#    SOURCES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_SRC}
+#    )
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
+find_package(pugixml REQUIRED)
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_SRC})
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC lanelet2_core Boost::boost Boost::filesystem Boost::serialization pugixml::pugixml)
 
 #############
 ## Install ##
 #############
 # Install all targets, headers by default and scripts and other files if specified (folders or files).
 # This command also exports libraries and config files for dependent packages and this supersedes catkin_package.
-mrt_install(PROGRAMS scripts FILES res data ${PROJECT_INSTALL_FILES})
+#mrt_install(PROGRAMS scripts FILES res data ${PROJECT_INSTALL_FILES})
+install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${PROJECT_INSTALL_FILES}
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${PROJECT_INSTALL_FILES}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${PROJECT_INSTALL_FILES})
 
 #############
 ## Testing ##
 #############
 # Add test targets for cpp and python tests
-if (CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING)
-    mrt_add_tests(test)
-    mrt_add_nosetests(test)
-endif()
+#if (CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING)
+#    mrt_add_tests(test)
+#    mrt_add_nosetests(test)
+#endif()
+if (LANELET2_ENABLE_TESTS)
+    include(GoogleTest)
+    find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+    file(GLOB PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_test "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/*.cpp")
+    add_executable("${PROJECT_NAME}-test" ${PROJECT_SOURCE_FILES_test})
+    target_link_libraries("${PROJECT_NAME}-test" PRIVATE GTest::gtest_main ${PROJECT_NAME})
+    gtest_discover_tests("${PROJECT_NAME}-test")
+endif ()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lanelet2_io/test/TestSetup.h b/lanelet2_io/test/TestSetup.h
index 67652af7..1f70c50f 100644
--- a/lanelet2_io/test/TestSetup.h
+++ b/lanelet2_io/test/TestSetup.h
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ inline bool operator==(const PrimitiveLayer<T>& rhs, const PrimitiveLayer<T>& lh
 }
 
 template <>
-inline bool operator==<RegulatoryElementPtr>(const PrimitiveLayer<RegulatoryElementPtr>& rhs,
-                                             const PrimitiveLayer<RegulatoryElementPtr>& lhs) {
+inline bool operator== <RegulatoryElementPtr>(const PrimitiveLayer<RegulatoryElementPtr>& rhs,
+                                              const PrimitiveLayer<RegulatoryElementPtr>& lhs) {
   return rhs.size() == lhs.size() && std::all_of(rhs.begin(), rhs.end(), [&lhs](auto& v1) {
            return *v1->constData() == *(*lhs.find(v1->id()))->constData();
          });
@@ -124,13 +124,15 @@ inline Area setUpArea(int& num, const std::string& type = AttributeValueString::
 class Tempfile {
  public:
   explicit Tempfile(std::string name) {
-    char dir[] = {"/tmp/lanelet2_io_test.XXXXXX"};
-    auto* res = mkdtemp(dir);
-    if (res == nullptr) {
-      throw lanelet::LaneletError("Failed to crate temporary directory");
+    boost::filesystem::path dir = boost::filesystem::temp_directory_path() / "lanelet2_io_test.XXXXXX";
+    if (!boost::filesystem::exists(dir)) {
+      bool created = boost::filesystem::create_directory(dir);
+      if (!created) {
+        throw lanelet::LaneletError("Failed to crate temporary directory");
+      }
     }
-    dir_ = dir;
-    path_ = fs::path(dir_) / name;
+    dir_ = dir.string();
+    path_ = dir / name;
   }
   Tempfile(Tempfile&& rhs) noexcept = delete;
   Tempfile& operator=(Tempfile&& rhs) noexcept = delete;