diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3ca50475d..a72bfde6a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ matrix:
       os: osx
       env:
         - BUILD_TYPE="InstallScript"
-          GCC=8
+          GCC=9
           OSX_PACKAGES="gcc shellcheck cmake mpich"
           # cmake should be removed, but we should be installing binaries
           # because building from source takes forever
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a70f529c..341903f34 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@ set ( CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES "Debug" "Release" "MinSizeRel" "RelWithDebInfo"
 set ( CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release"
   CACHE STRING "Select which configuration to build." )
 set_property ( CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES} )
-message( STATUS
-  "
-============================================================
-   Building OpenCoarrays configuration: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
-============================================================
-")
-
-message( STATUS "Running with CMake from: ${CMAKE_COMMAND}" )
-message( STATUS "Current source dir (for OpenCoarrays): ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
 # Add option and check environment to determine if developer tests should be run
 set( _TF OFF )
@@ -52,8 +43,7 @@ string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(-rc[0-9]+)?"
   OpenCoarraysVersion "${first_line}")
 
 if((NOT (OpenCoarraysVersion MATCHES "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(-rc[0-9]+)?")) AND (EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git"))
-  message( STATUS "Build from git repository detected")
-  find_package(Git)
+  find_package(Git QUIET)
   if(GIT_FOUND)
     execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --abbrev=0
       WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
@@ -96,6 +86,18 @@ string(REGEX REPLACE "-rc[0-9]+$"
        ".0" OPENCOARRAYS_CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION
        "${OpenCoarraysVersion}")
 
+file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/Banner.txt.in" OC_BANNER)
+string(CONFIGURE "${OC_BANNER}" OC_BANNER @ONLY)
+string(STRIP "${OC_BANNER}" OC_BANNER)
+message(STATUS "${OC_BANNER}")
+
+if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/.git")
+  message( STATUS "Build from git repository detected")
+endif()
+
+message( STATUS "Running with CMake from: ${CMAKE_COMMAND}" )
+message( STATUS "Current source dir (for OpenCoarrays): ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+
 project(opencoarrays VERSION "${OPENCOARRAYS_CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}" LANGUAGES C Fortran)
 
 if(DEFINED CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" MATCHES "[Rr][Ee][Ll]")
diff --git a/cmake/Banner.txt.in b/cmake/Banner.txt.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c05962995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Banner.txt.in
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
+
+    _/_/
+  _/    _/  _/_/_/      _/_/    _/_/_/
+ _/    _/  _/    _/  _/_/_/_/  _/    _/
+_/    _/  _/    _/  _/        _/    _/
+ _/_/    _/_/_/      _/_/_/  _/    _/
+        _/
+       _/
+
+    _/_/_/
+  _/          _/_/      _/_/_/  _/  _/_/  _/  _/_/    _/_/_/  _/    _/    _/_/_/
+ _/        _/    _/  _/    _/  _/_/      _/_/      _/    _/  _/    _/  _/_/
+_/        _/    _/  _/    _/  _/        _/        _/    _/  _/    _/      _/_/
+ _/_/_/    _/_/      _/_/_/  _/        _/          _/_/_/    _/_/_/  _/_/_/
+                                                                _/
+                                                           _/_/
+      OpenCoarrays
+      """"""""""""
+      Build Type: @CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE@
+      Version: @full_git_describe@
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --
diff --git a/src/tests/integration/pde_solvers/coarrayBurgers/main.F90 b/src/tests/integration/pde_solvers/coarrayBurgers/main.F90
index 5225e2b13..0bfc71560 100644
--- a/src/tests/integration/pde_solvers/coarrayBurgers/main.F90
+++ b/src/tests/integration/pde_solvers/coarrayBurgers/main.F90
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ program main
   real(real64), parameter :: nu=1.,final_time=0.6_real64,tolerance=1.E-3_real64,safety_factor=0.1_real64
   real(real64) :: time=0.,dt,dx
   integer, parameter :: nodes=16
-  procedure(initial_condition), pointer :: initial_u=>ten_sin
+  procedure(initial_condition), pointer :: initial_u=>null()
+
+  initial_u => ten_sin
 
 #ifdef TAU
   call TAU_PROFILE_SET_NODE(this_image()-1) ! Start TAU (Cray or GNU compiler)