diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f46e2c8..893ac91 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ include(clang_format)
 if (${POLYHEDRAL_GRAVITY_PARALLELIZATION} STREQUAL "TBB")
     include(tbb)
     thrust_set_TBB_target(TBB::tbb)
+    add_compile_definitions(POLYHEDRAL_GRAVITY_TBB)
+elseif (${POLYHEDRAL_GRAVITY_PARALLELIZATION} STREQUAL "OMP")
+    add_compile_definitions(POLYHEDRAL_GRAVITY_OMP)
 endif ()
 
 # Thrust set-up i.e. the parallelization library, create targets according to the users specification
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 4692e2c..356456f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@
 #include "polyhedralGravity/model/GravityModel.h"
 #include "polyhedralGravity/output/Logging.h"
 #include "polyhedralGravity/output/CSVWriter.h"
+#include "polyhedralGravity/Version.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     using namespace polyhedralGravity;
+
+    SPDLOG_LOGGER_INFO(PolyhedralGravityLogger::DEFAULT_LOGGER.getLogger(), "Polyhedral Gravity Model Version " + std::string(POLYHEDRAL_GRAVITY_VERSION));
+    SPDLOG_LOGGER_INFO(PolyhedralGravityLogger::DEFAULT_LOGGER.getLogger(), "Polyhedral Gravity Model Parallelization Backend: " + std::string(POLYHEDRAL_GRAVITY_PARALLELIZATION));
+
     if (argc != 2) {
         SPDLOG_LOGGER_INFO(PolyhedralGravityLogger::DEFAULT_LOGGER.getLogger(), "Wrong program call! "
                                                                                 "Please use the program like this:\n"
diff --git a/src/polyhedralGravity/Version.h b/src/polyhedralGravity/Version.h
index 49e57d9..1c668cb 100644
--- a/src/polyhedralGravity/Version.h
+++ b/src/polyhedralGravity/Version.h
@@ -11,5 +11,19 @@ namespace polyhedralGravity {
      */
     constexpr std::string_view POLYHEDRAL_GRAVITY_VERSION = "3.2.1";
 
+    /**
+     * The API parallelization backend of the polyhedral gravity model's interface.
+     * This value depends on the CMake configuration.
+     */
+    constexpr std::string_view POLYHEDRAL_GRAVITY_PARALLELIZATION =
+#ifdef POLYHEDRAL_GRAVITY_TBB
+            "TBB"
+#elifdef POLYHEDRAL_GRAVITY_OMP
+            "OMP"
+#else
+            "CPP"
+#endif
+            ;
+
 
 }// namespace polyhedralGravity
diff --git a/src/polyhedralGravityPython/PolyhedralGravityPython.cpp b/src/polyhedralGravityPython/PolyhedralGravityPython.cpp
index 1386baf..b5212f3 100644
--- a/src/polyhedralGravityPython/PolyhedralGravityPython.cpp
+++ b/src/polyhedralGravityPython/PolyhedralGravityPython.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(polyhedral_gravity, m) {
     Accordingly, the second derivative tensor is defined as the derivative of :math:`\textbf{g}`.
     )mydelimiter";
     m.attr("__version__") = POLYHEDRAL_GRAVITY_VERSION;
+    m.attr("__parallelization__") = POLYHEDRAL_GRAVITY_PARALLELIZATION;
 
     py::enum_<NormalOrientation>(m, "NormalOrientation", R"mydelimiter(
         The orientation of the plane unit normals of the polyhedron.