diff --git a/flybrain.csh b/flybrain.csh
index fc27c49..50bc8af 100644
--- a/flybrain.csh
+++ b/flybrain.csh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/public/flybrain/R/lib
-set flybrainpaths = ( /public/flybrain/R/ /public/flybrain/cmtk/lib/cmtk/bin/ )
+setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/public/flybrain/R/lib:/public/flybrain/hdf5/lib
+set flybrainpaths = ( /public/flybrain/R/ /public/flybrain/cmtk/lib/cmtk/bin/ /public/flybrain/hdf5/bin)
 
 # avoid duplicates by testing if path is present
 foreach dir ( $flybrainpaths )
diff --git a/flybrain.sh b/flybrain.sh
index f548d64..1ad6098 100644
--- a/flybrain.sh
+++ b/flybrain.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export PATH="/public/flybrain/R/:/public/flybrain/cmtk/lib/cmtk/bin/:$PATH"
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/public/flybrain/R/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+export PATH="/public/flybrain/R/:/public/flybrain/cmtk/lib/cmtk/bin/:/public/flybrain/hdf5/bin/:$PATH"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/public/flybrain/R/lib:/public/flybrain/hdf5/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"