diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..378eac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b4f3ea..c7193fc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ include(FindPkgConfig)
 find_package(lib_manager)
 define_module_info()
 
+add_definitions(-std=c++11)
+
 #find_package(Doxygen)
 #if(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
 #configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/Doxyfile.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile @ONLY)
diff --git a/src/SMURFParser.cpp b/src/SMURFParser.cpp
index 1cbe804..b460f6c 100644
--- a/src/SMURFParser.cpp
+++ b/src/SMURFParser.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 namespace smurf_parser {
 
-  boost::shared_ptr<urdf::ModelInterface> parseFile(configmaps::ConfigMap* map,
+  std::shared_ptr<urdf::ModelInterface> parseFile(configmaps::ConfigMap* map,
           std::string path, std::string smurffilename, bool expandURIs) {
 
     path+="/"; // secure that path and file are combined correctly
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ namespace smurf_parser {
 
     // parse URDF model and return
     fprintf(stderr, "  ...loading urdf data from %s.\n", urdfpath.c_str());
-    boost::shared_ptr<urdf::ModelInterface> model = urdf::parseURDFFile(urdfpath);
+    std::shared_ptr<urdf::ModelInterface> model = urdf::parseURDFFile(urdfpath);
     if (!model) {
-      return boost::shared_ptr<urdf::ModelInterface>();
+      return std::shared_ptr<urdf::ModelInterface>();
     }
     return model;
   }
diff --git a/src/SMURFParser.h b/src/SMURFParser.h
index 8c8f056..c4b00a6 100644
--- a/src/SMURFParser.h
+++ b/src/SMURFParser.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 namespace smurf_parser {
 
-    boost::shared_ptr<urdf::ModelInterface> parseFile(configmaps::ConfigMap* map,
+    std::shared_ptr<urdf::ModelInterface> parseFile(configmaps::ConfigMap* map,
       std::string path, std::string smurffilename, bool expandURIs);
 
 } // end of namespace smurf_parser