diff --git a/fpm.toml b/fpm.toml
index 4f680c3..fcad046 100644
--- a/fpm.toml
+++ b/fpm.toml
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ auto-tests = false
 auto-examples = false
 external-modules = ["hdf5", "h5lt"]
 
-# HDF5 >= 1.10.6
-# link = ["hdf5_hl_fortran", "hdf5_fortran", "hdf5_hl", "hdf5"]
-
-# HDF5 < 1.10.6, and distros that rename the old way such as Ubuntu 22.04
-link = ["hdf5hl_fortran", "hdf5_fortran", "hdf5_hl", "hdf5"]
-
 [install]
 library = true
 
@@ -80,3 +74,6 @@ main = "test_string.f90"
 [[test]]
 name = "version"
 main = "test_version.f90"
+
+[dependencies]
+hdf5 = '*'
diff --git a/src/utils.f90 b/src/utils.f90
index b113145..484f5f8 100644
--- a/src/utils.f90
+++ b/src/utils.f90
@@ -311,8 +311,9 @@
   write(stderr,*) "ERROR:h5fortran:get_slice: memory size /= dataset size: check variable slice (index). " // &
     " Dset_dims:", ddims, "C Mem_dims:", c_mem_dims, "mem_dims:", mem_dims, "rank(mem_dims):", rank(mem_dims)
   error stop "ERROR:h5fortran:get_slice " // dset_name
-elseif(any(iend-1 > ddims)) then
-  write(stderr,*) "ERROR:h5fortran:get_slice: iend: ", iend, ' > dset_dims: ', ddims
+elseif(any(iend-istart > ddims)) then
+  write(stderr,*) "ERROR:h5fortran:get_slice: slice bigger than dataset: check variable slice (index). " // &
+    " Dset_dims:", ddims, "C Mem_dims:", c_mem_dims, "mem_dims:", mem_dims, "rank(mem_dims):", rank(mem_dims)
   error stop "ERROR:h5fortran:get_slice " // dset_name
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/write.f90 b/src/write.f90
index ab5a469..e5a29b8 100644
--- a/src/write.f90
+++ b/src/write.f90
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
   if (present(istart)) then
     if(any(istart < 1)) error stop 'ERROR:h5fortran:create: istart must be >= 1'
-    if(any(iend <= istart)) error stop 'ERROR:h5fortran:create: iend must be > istart'
+    if(any(iend < istart)) error stop 'ERROR:h5fortran:create: iend must be >= istart'
 
     call H5Sget_simple_extent_ndims_f(filespace_id, drank, ier)
     call estop(ier, "create:H5Sget_simple_extent_ndims", self%filename, dname)
@@ -90,9 +90,11 @@
     allocate(ddims(drank), maxdims(drank))
 
     call H5Sget_simple_extent_dims_f(filespace_id, ddims, maxdims, ier)
-    if (ier /= drank) error stop 'ERROR:h5fortran:create: H5Sget_simple_extent_dims: ' // dname // ' in ' // self%filename
+    if (ier /= drank) &
+      error stop 'ERROR:h5fortran:create: H5Sget_simple_extent_dims: ' // dname // ' in ' // self%filename
 
-    if(any(iend > ddims)) error stop 'ERROR:h5fortran:create: iend > dset_dims'  // dname // ' in ' // self%filename
+    if(any(iend - istart > ddims)) &
+      error stop 'ERROR:h5fortran:create: iend - istart > dset_dims'  // dname // ' in ' // self%filename
   else
     if (size(mem_dims) == 0) then
       !! scalar