diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 15bff703a05ca689ac47381d2a9d7d277ac70dd7..d4cc9ea04610d0609505b87a609d7f4d625c5816 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ endif()
 set(ROOT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 set(SRC_DIR ${ROOT_DIR}/src)
 set(PROJECT_BINARY_DIR ${ROOT_DIR}/build)
-set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY lib)
-set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY lib)
+set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
+set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 
 #----------------------------------------#
@@ -188,18 +188,20 @@ if(NOT ARMADILLO_FOUND AND ALLOW_DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD)
     include(DownloadArmadillo)
 endif()
 
-#------------------------------------------------------#
-# Look for linear algebra libraries neede by Armadillo #
-#------------------------------------------------------#
+#-------------------------------------------------------#
+# Look for linear algebra libraries needed by Armadillo #
+#-------------------------------------------------------#
 set(OpenBLAS_LIBRARIES "")
 find_package(OpenBLAS)
 option(OpenBLAS_LOCAL OFF)
 if(NOT OpenBLAS_FOUND)
     if(ALLOW_OpenBLAS_DOWNLOAD)
+
         include(DownloadOpenBLAS)
         set(OpenBLAS_LOCAL ON)
-        set(OpenBLAS_LIBRARIES ${OpenBLAS_LOCAL_PATH})
+        set(OpenBLAS_LIBRARIES "${ROOT_DIR}/external_dependencies/OpenBLAS/lib/${LIB_PREFIX}openblas.${LIB_SUFFIX}")
         message("OpenBLAS_LIBRARIES ${OpenBLAS_LIBRARIES}")
+
     else()
 
         find_package(BLAS)
@@ -208,6 +210,7 @@ if(NOT OpenBLAS_FOUND)
         if(NOT BLAS_FOUND AND NOT LAPACK_FOUND)
             message(FATAL_ERROR "No BLAS or LAPACK libraries are available!")
         endif()
+
     endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake b/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake
index 34d6bde96b78ca614c4a08be1fb551971369ad0d..a40b2706a858ecf6b9de3a3c9687ea6d9f1625e6 100644
--- a/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake
+++ b/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS.git
 )
 
-#set(FETCHCONTENT_QUIET FALSE)
+# See messages during 'git clone'
+set(FETCHCONTENT_QUIET FALSE)
 
 if(NOT OpenBLAS_POPULATED)
     FetchContent_Populate(OpenBLAS)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c02f5fc5c164ea6a47bd76af318f253a46d27cb..adcd722e2a5e872a2ad3b0e7e46ac061651a5a5a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ if ("${BUILD_LIB}" STREQUAL "yes")
             PRE_BUILD
             COMMAND cmake .
             COMMAND cmake --build . -j ${N_CORES}
-            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${OpenBLAS_LOCAL_PATH}
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${ROOT_DIR}/external_dependencies/OpenBLAS
             COMMENT "Compiling OpenBLAS"
         )
     endif()