diff --git a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/emadl/generator/EMADLGenerator.java b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/emadl/generator/EMADLGenerator.java
index 3a3cab3c73bcd3a724c208b78e2d51b4edde724a..5da6e5acaf256ea4d89b25f6637ce09bffc6f113 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/emadl/generator/EMADLGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/emadl/generator/EMADLGenerator.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class EMADLGenerator {
         return emamGen;
     }
 
-    public void generate(String modelPath, String qualifiedName, String pythonPath, String forced) throws IOException, TemplateException {
+    public void generate(String modelPath, String qualifiedName, String pythonPath, String forced, boolean doCompile) throws IOException, TemplateException {
         setModelsPath( modelPath );
         TaggingResolver symtab = EMADLAbstractSymtab.createSymTabAndTaggingResolver(getModelsPath());
         EMAComponentSymbol component = symtab.<EMAComponentSymbol>resolve(qualifiedName, EMAComponentSymbol.KIND).orElse(null);
@@ -126,14 +126,13 @@ public class EMADLGenerator {
 
 
         generateFiles(symtab, instance, symtab, pythonPath, forced);
-        try{
-          executeCommands();
-        }catch(Exception e){
-          System.out.println(e);
+        
+        if (doCompile) {
+            compile();
         }
     }
 
-    public void executeCommands() throws IOException {
+    public void compile() throws IOException {
         File tempScript = createTempScript();
         try {
             ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("bash", tempScript.toString());
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ public class EMADLGenerator {
             PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(streamWriter);
 
             printWriter.println("#!/bin/bash");
-            printWriter.println("csssd " + getGenerationTargetPath());
+            printWriter.println("cd " + getGenerationTargetPath());
             printWriter.println("mkdir --parents build");
             printWriter.println("cd build");
             printWriter.println("cmake ..");
@@ -255,15 +254,13 @@ public class EMADLGenerator {
                         exitCode = p.waitFor();
                     }
                     catch(InterruptedException e) {
-                        //throw new Exception("Error: Training aborted" + e.toString());
-                        System.out.println("Error: Training aborted" + e.toString());
-                        continue;
+                        Log.error("Training aborted: exit code " + Integer.toString(exitCode));
+                        System.exit(1);
                     }
 
                     if(exitCode != 0) {
-                        //throw new Exception("Error: Training error");
-                        System.out.println("Error: Training failed" + Integer.toString(exitCode));
-                        continue;
+                        Log.error("Training failed: exit code " + Integer.toString(exitCode));
+                        System.exit(1);
                     }
 
                     fileContentsTrainingHashes.add(new FileContent(trainingHash, componentConfigFilename + ".training_hash"));
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/emadl/generator/EMADLGeneratorCli.java b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/emadl/generator/EMADLGeneratorCli.java
index d893830b65728d15f84d41068c093aa9b4198cbb..855a8b2baa629346b08901a332856f876386fefe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/emadl/generator/EMADLGeneratorCli.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/emadl/generator/EMADLGeneratorCli.java
@@ -65,10 +65,17 @@ public class EMADLGeneratorCli {
             .build();
 
     public static final Option OPTION_RESTRAINED_TRAINING = Option.builder("f")
-    		.longOpt("forced")
-    		.desc("no training or a forced training. Options: y (a forced training), n (no training)")
-    		.hasArg(true)
-    		.required(false)
+            .longOpt("forced")
+            .desc("no training or a forced training. Options: y (a forced training), n (no training)")
+            .hasArg(true)
+            .required(false)
+            .build();
+
+    public static final Option OPTION_COMPILE = Option.builder("c")
+            .longOpt("compile")
+            .desc("Compile the generated c code. Needs to be disabled eg. on Windows. Options: y (compile), n (don't compile). Default is y")
+            .hasArg(true)
+            .required(false)
             .build();
 
 
@@ -92,6 +99,7 @@ public class EMADLGeneratorCli {
         options.addOption(OPTION_BACKEND);
         options.addOption(OPTION_RESTRAINED_TRAINING);
         options.addOption(OPTION_TRAINING_PYTHON_PATH);
+        options.addOption(OPTION_COMPILE);
         return options;
     }
 
@@ -113,8 +121,10 @@ public class EMADLGeneratorCli {
         String backendString = cliArgs.getOptionValue(OPTION_BACKEND.getOpt());
         String forced = cliArgs.getOptionValue(OPTION_RESTRAINED_TRAINING.getOpt());
         String pythonPath = cliArgs.getOptionValue(OPTION_TRAINING_PYTHON_PATH.getOpt());
+        String compile = cliArgs.getOptionValue(OPTION_COMPILE.getOpt());
         final String DEFAULT_BACKEND = "MXNET";
         final String DEFAULT_FORCED = "UNSET";
+        final String DEFAULT_COMPILE = "y";
 
         if (backendString == null) {
             Log.warn("backend not specified. backend set to default value " + DEFAULT_BACKEND);
@@ -138,13 +148,22 @@ public class EMADLGeneratorCli {
             Log.error("specified setting ("+forced+") for forcing/preventing training not supported. set to default value " + DEFAULT_FORCED);
             forced = DEFAULT_FORCED;
         }
+
         EMADLGenerator generator = new EMADLGenerator(backend.get());
 
+        if (compile == null) {
+            compile = DEFAULT_COMPILE;
+        }
+        else if(!compile.equals("y") && !compile.equals("n")) {
+            Log.error("specified setting ("+compile+") for skipping the compilation not supported. set to default value " + DEFAULT_COMPILE);
+            compile = DEFAULT_COMPILE;
+        }
+
         if (outputPath != null){
             generator.setGenerationTargetPath(outputPath);
         }
         try{
-            generator.generate(cliArgs.getOptionValue(OPTION_MODELS_PATH.getOpt()), rootModelName, pythonPath, forced);
+            generator.generate(cliArgs.getOptionValue(OPTION_MODELS_PATH.getOpt()), rootModelName, pythonPath, forced, compile.equals("y"));
         }
         catch (IOException e){
             Log.error("io error during generation", e);
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/emadl/GenerationTest.java b/src/test/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/emadl/GenerationTest.java
index 1e29cfb7c8cb6e87ee3bf84b03372c5be40494dd..7e762c1d4043ab976b4abcbcc6f1ce5771833f32 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/emadl/GenerationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/emadl/GenerationTest.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class GenerationTest extends AbstractSymtabTest {
     @Test
     public void testCifar10Generation() throws IOException, TemplateException {
         Log.getFindings().clear();
-        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "cifar10.Cifar10Classifier", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n"};
+        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "cifar10.Cifar10Classifier", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n", "-c", "n"};
         EMADLGeneratorCli.main(args);
         assertTrue(Log.getFindings().isEmpty());
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class GenerationTest extends AbstractSymtabTest {
     @Test
     public void testSimulatorGeneration() throws IOException, TemplateException {
         Log.getFindings().clear();
-        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "simulator.MainController", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n"};
+        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "simulator.MainController", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n", "-c", "n"};
         EMADLGeneratorCli.main(args);
         assertTrue(Log.getFindings().isEmpty());
     }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class GenerationTest extends AbstractSymtabTest {
     @Test
     public void testAddGeneration() throws IOException, TemplateException {
         Log.getFindings().clear();
-        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "Add", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n"};
+        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "Add", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n", "-c", "n"};
         EMADLGeneratorCli.main(args);
         assertTrue(Log.getFindings().isEmpty());
     }
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class GenerationTest extends AbstractSymtabTest {
     @Test
     public void testAlexnetGeneration() throws IOException, TemplateException {
         Log.getFindings().clear();
-        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "Alexnet", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n"};
+        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "Alexnet", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n", "-c", "n"};
         EMADLGeneratorCli.main(args);
         assertTrue(Log.getFindings().isEmpty());
     }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class GenerationTest extends AbstractSymtabTest {
     @Test
     public void testResNeXtGeneration() throws IOException, TemplateException {
         Log.getFindings().clear();
-        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "ResNeXt50", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n"};
+        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "ResNeXt50", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n", "-c", "n"};
         EMADLGeneratorCli.main(args);
         assertTrue(Log.getFindings().isEmpty());
     }
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class GenerationTest extends AbstractSymtabTest {
     @Test
     public void testThreeInputGeneration() throws IOException, TemplateException {
         Log.getFindings().clear();
-        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "ThreeInputCNN_M14", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n"};
+        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "ThreeInputCNN_M14", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n", "-c", "n"};
         EMADLGeneratorCli.main(args);
         assertTrue(Log.getFindings().size() == 1);
     }
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class GenerationTest extends AbstractSymtabTest {
     @Test
     public void testMultipleOutputsGeneration() throws IOException, TemplateException {
         Log.getFindings().clear();
-        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "MultipleOutputs", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n"};
+        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "MultipleOutputs", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n", "-c", "n"};
         EMADLGeneratorCli.main(args);
         assertTrue(Log.getFindings().size() == 1);
     }
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class GenerationTest extends AbstractSymtabTest {
     @Test
     public void testVGGGeneration() throws IOException, TemplateException {
         Log.getFindings().clear();
-        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "VGG16", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n"};
+        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "VGG16", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n", "-c", "n"};
         EMADLGeneratorCli.main(args);
         assertTrue(Log.getFindings().isEmpty());
     }
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class GenerationTest extends AbstractSymtabTest {
     public void testMultipleInstances() throws IOException, TemplateException {
         try {
             Log.getFindings().clear();
-            String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "InstanceTest.MainB", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n"};
+            String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "InstanceTest.MainB", "-b", "MXNET", "-f", "n", "-c", "n"};
             EMADLGeneratorCli.main(args);
             assertTrue(Log.getFindings().isEmpty());
         }
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class GenerationTest extends AbstractSymtabTest {
     @Test
     public void testMnistClassifier() throws IOException, TemplateException {
         Log.getFindings().clear();
-        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "mnist.MnistClassifier", "-b", "CAFFE2", "-f", "n"};
+        String[] args = {"-m", "src/test/resources/models/", "-r", "mnist.MnistClassifier", "-b", "CAFFE2", "-f", "n", "-c", "n"};
         EMADLGeneratorCli.main(args);
         assertTrue(Log.getFindings().isEmpty());