diff --git a/SoCMakeConfig.cmake b/SoCMakeConfig.cmake
index d83ffc6..81e3ffd 100644
--- a/SoCMakeConfig.cmake
+++ b/SoCMakeConfig.cmake
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/utils/copy_rtl_files/vhier.cmake")
 # ====================================
 
 # ----- Verilator ------
-include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/sim/verilator/verilate.cmake")
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/sim/verilator/verilator.cmake")
 
 # ----- iverilog ------
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/sim/iverilog/iverilog.cmake")
diff --git a/cmake/sim/verilator/verilate.cmake b/cmake/sim/verilator/verilator.cmake
similarity index 84%
rename from cmake/sim/verilator/verilate.cmake
rename to cmake/sim/verilator/verilator.cmake
index 64832a6..8f9187b 100644
--- a/cmake/sim/verilator/verilate.cmake
+++ b/cmake/sim/verilator/verilator.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-function(verilate IP_LIB)
+function(verilator IP_LIB)
     set(OPTIONS "COVERAGE;TRACE;TRACE_FST;SYSTEMC;TRACE_STRUCTS;MAIN")
     set(ONE_PARAM_ARGS "PREFIX;TOP_MODULE;THREADS;TRACE_THREADS;DIRECTORY;EXECUTABLE_NAME")
     set(MULTI_PARAM_ARGS "VERILATOR_ARGS;OPT_SLOW;OPT_FAST;OPT_GLOBAL")
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function(verilate IP_LIB)
     get_target_property(BINARY_DIR ${IP_LIB} BINARY_DIR)
 
     if(NOT ARG_DIRECTORY)
-        set(DIRECTORY "${BINARY_DIR}/${IP_LIB}_verilate")
+        set(DIRECTORY "${BINARY_DIR}/${IP_LIB}_verilator")
     else()
         set(DIRECTORY ${ARG_DIRECTORY})
     endif()
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ function(verilate IP_LIB)
         set(PREFIX V${ARG_TOP_MODULE})
     endif()
 
+    ## TODO deprecate
     get_ip_property(VERILATOR_ARGS ${IP_LIB} VERILATOR_ARGS)
     list(APPEND ARG_VERILATOR_ARGS ${VERILATOR_ARGS})
+    ##
 
     get_ip_compile_definitions(COMP_DEFS ${IP_LIB} SYSTEMVERILOG VERILOG)
     foreach(def ${COMP_DEFS})
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ function(verilate IP_LIB)
     if(ARG_MAIN)
         list(APPEND ARG_VERILATOR_ARGS --main)
         if(NOT ARG_EXECUTABLE_NAME)
-            set(ARG_EXECUTABLE_NAME ${IP_LIB}_verilator_tb)
+            set(ARG_EXECUTABLE_NAME ${IP_LIB}_verilator_exec)
         endif()
         set(EXECUTABLE_PATH ${BINARY_DIR}/${ARG_EXECUTABLE_NAME})
         unset(ARG_MAIN)
@@ -111,7 +113,6 @@ function(verilate IP_LIB)
     endforeach()
     string(REPLACE ";" "|" ARGUMENTS_LIST "${ARGUMENTS_LIST}")
 
-
     if(ARG_SYSTEMC)
         if(NOT SYSTEMC_HOME)
             find_package(SystemCLanguage REQUIRED
@@ -125,6 +126,17 @@ function(verilate IP_LIB)
         set(ARG_CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD "-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}")
     endif()
 
+    ##################################
+    ## Prepare help message ##########
+    ##################################
+    if(EXECUTABLE_PATH)
+        set(OUTPUT_TYPE "EXECUTABLE")
+    else()
+        set(OUTPUT_TYPE "STATIC_LIBRARY")
+    endif()
+    set(DESCRIPTION "Compiling ${IP_LIB} with verilator as ${OUTPUT_TYPE}")
+    ###
+
     set(VERILATE_TARGET ${IP_LIB}_verilate)
     include(ExternalProject)
     ExternalProject_Add(${VERILATE_TARGET}
@@ -152,6 +164,7 @@ function(verilate IP_LIB)
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""
         DEPENDS ${IP_LIB}
         EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
+        COMMENT ${DESCRIPTION}
         )
 
     set_property(
@@ -160,6 +173,7 @@ function(verilate IP_LIB)
             ${DIRECTORY}
             ${EXECUTABLE_PATH}
     )
+    set_property(TARGET ${VERILATE_TARGET} PROPERTY DESCRIPTION ${DESCRIPTION})
 
     set(VLT_STATIC_LIB "${DIRECTORY}/lib${ARG_TOP_MODULE}.a")
     set(INC_DIR ${DIRECTORY})
@@ -181,4 +195,16 @@ function(verilate IP_LIB)
 
     string(REPLACE "__" "::" ALIAS_NAME "${VERILATED_LIB}")
     add_library(${ALIAS_NAME} ALIAS ${VERILATED_LIB})
+
+    if(EXECUTABLE_PATH)
+        set(DESCRIPTION "Run ${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION} testbench compiled from ${IP_LIB}")
+        # Add a custom target to run the generated executable
+        add_custom_target(
+            run_${IP_LIB}_${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION}
+            COMMAND ${EXECUTABLE_PATH}
+            DEPENDS ${EXECUTABLE_PATH} ${STAMP_FILE} ${VERILATE_TARGET}
+            COMMENT ${DESCRIPTION}
+        )
+        set_property(TARGET run_${IP_LIB}_${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION} PROPERTY DESCRIPTION ${DESCRIPTION})
+    endif()
 endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/utils/copy_rtl_files/vhier.cmake b/cmake/utils/copy_rtl_files/vhier.cmake
index 4bd3d78..3a509a6 100644
--- a/cmake/utils/copy_rtl_files/vhier.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils/copy_rtl_files/vhier.cmake
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ function(vhier IP_LIB)
         $<$<BOOL:${ARG_FOREST}>:--forest>
     )
 
+    set(DESCRIPTION "Extract verilog hierarchy of ${IP_LIB} with ${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION}")
+
     set(OUT_FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${IP_LIB}_${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION}.$<IF:$<BOOL:${ARG_XML}>,xml,txt>)
     set(STAMP_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${IP_LIB}_${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION}.stamp")
     add_custom_command(
@@ -39,12 +41,14 @@ function(vhier IP_LIB)
         COMMAND touch ${STAMP_FILE}
         COMMAND ${__CMD} | tee ${OUT_FILE}
         DEPENDS ${RTL_SOURCES} ${IP_LIB}
-        COMMENT "Printing verilog hierarchy of ${IP_LIB} with ${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION}"
+        COMMENT ${DESCRIPTION}
     )
 
     add_custom_target(
         ${IP_LIB}_${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION}
         DEPENDS ${IP_LIB} ${STAMP_FILE} ${OUT_FILE}
     )
+
+    set_property(TARGET ${IP_LIB}_${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION} PROPERTY DESCRIPTION ${DESCRIPTION})
 endfunction()
 
diff --git a/examples/sim_example/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/sim_example/CMakeLists.txt
index ffae88e..cf960a7 100644
--- a/examples/sim_example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/sim_example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ip_sources(${IP} VERILOG           # Add source files to the VERILOG file set
 
 iverilog(${IP})
 
-verilate(${IP}  # Create verilate target
+verilator(${IP}  # Create verilate target
     MAIN)        # Let Verilator create a main.cpp testbench
     
 help()
diff --git a/examples/sim_example/deps/deps.cmake b/examples/sim_example/deps/deps.cmake
index b1386cd..2659496 100644
--- a/examples/sim_example/deps/deps.cmake
+++ b/examples/sim_example/deps/deps.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CPM.cmake) # Include the CPM.cmake downloader
 
 CPMAddPackage(              # Add SoCMake as a package
     NAME SoCMake
-    GIT_TAG master         # You can define GIT_TAG or VERSION for versioning
+    GIT_TAG develop         # You can define GIT_TAG or VERSION for versioning
     GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/HEP-SoC/SoCMake.git"  # GIT_REPOSITORY or URL
     )
diff --git a/examples/sim_example/tb.v b/examples/sim_example/tb.v
index 8a6e8f0..7d32df2 100644
--- a/examples/sim_example/tb.v
+++ b/examples/sim_example/tb.v
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module tb;
  initial begin
-     $display("Simulated with Iverilog, from SoCMake build system\n");
+     $display("Hello world, from SoCMake build system\n");
      $finish();
  end
  endmodule
diff --git a/examples/verilator/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/verilator/CMakeLists.txt
index 51fdc9b..fea400d 100644
--- a/examples/verilator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/verilator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ project(example CXX C)
 include("deps/deps.cmake")
 add_subdirectory(adder)
 
-verilate(cern::ip::adder::0.0.1 TRACE)
+verilator(cern::ip::adder::0.0.1 TRACE)
 
 add_executable(testbench main.cpp)
 
 target_link_libraries(testbench cern::ip::adder::0.0.1::vlt)
+
+help()
diff --git a/examples/verilator/adder/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/verilator/adder/CMakeLists.txt
index 945f3b7..bbacdf9 100644
--- a/examples/verilator/adder/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/verilator/adder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.25)
 project(adder NONE)
 
-add_ip(adder
-    VENDOR cern
-    LIBRARY ip
-    VERSION 0.0.1
+add_ip(cern::ip::adder::0.0.1
+    DESCRIPTION "Just a simple adder"
     )
 
 ip_sources(adder VERILOG
diff --git a/examples/verilator/deps/deps.cmake b/examples/verilator/deps/deps.cmake
index b1386cd..2659496 100644
--- a/examples/verilator/deps/deps.cmake
+++ b/examples/verilator/deps/deps.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CPM.cmake) # Include the CPM.cmake downloader
 
 CPMAddPackage(              # Add SoCMake as a package
     NAME SoCMake
-    GIT_TAG master         # You can define GIT_TAG or VERSION for versioning
+    GIT_TAG develop         # You can define GIT_TAG or VERSION for versioning
     GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/HEP-SoC/SoCMake.git"  # GIT_REPOSITORY or URL
     )