diff --git a/CMake/filepaths_default.cmake b/CMake/filepaths_default.cmake
index fdc8d4e6..48a1e9cd 100644
--- a/CMake/filepaths_default.cmake
+++ b/CMake/filepaths_default.cmake
@@ -1,24 +1,70 @@
 # default filepath locations for installed dependency files
 
-set( NETCDF_CXX_SHARED_LIB_DIR  "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" "/usr/lib" 
-     CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+if( NOT DEFINED NETCDF_CXX_SHARED_LIB_DIR  )
+
+  set( NETCDF_CXX_SHARED_LIB_DIR  "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" "/usr/lib" 
+       CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+else()
+
+  set( NETCDF_CXX_SHARED_LIB_DIR ${NETCDF_CXX_SHARED_LIB_DIR}
+       CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+endif()
+
+if( NOT DEFINED NETCDF_CXX_HEADERS_DIR )
 
-set( NETCDF_CXX_HEADERS_DIR  "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" "/usr/lib" 
-     CACHE STRING "empty" )
+  set( NETCDF_CXX_HEADERS_DIR  "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" "/usr/lib" 
+       CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+else()
+
+  set( NETCDF_CXX_HEADERS_DIR  ${NETCDF_CXX_HEADERS_DIR}
+       CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+endif()
+
+if( NOT DEFINED NETCDF_C_SHARED_LIB_DIR )
 
 set( NETCDF_C_SHARED_LIB_DIR "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" "/usr/lib" 
      CACHE STRING "${description}" )
 
+else()
+
+set( NETCDF_C_SHARED_LIB_DIR ${NETCDF_C_SHARED_LIB_DIR}
+     CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+
+endif()
+
+if( NOT DEFINED NETCDF_C_HEADERS_DIR )
 set( NETCDF_C_HEADERS_DIR "/usr/include" CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+else()
+set( NETCDF_C_HEADERS_DIR ${NETCDF_C_HEADERS_DIR} CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+endif()
 
+if( NOT DEFINED ${LIBCONFIG_CXX_LIB_DIR})
 set( LIBCONFIG_CXX_LIB_DIR "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" "/usr/lib"
      CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+else()
+set( LIBCONFIG_CXX_LIB_DIR ${LIBCONFIG_CXX_LIB_DIR}
+     CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+endif()
 
+if( NOT DEFINED ${LIBCONFIG_C_LIB_DIR} )
 set( LIBCONFIG_C_LIB_DIR "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" "/usr/lib"
      CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+else()
+set( LIBCONFIG_C_LIB_DIR ${LIBCONFIG_C_LIB_DIR}
+     CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+endif()
 
+if( NOT DEFINED ${LIBCONFIG_CXX_HEADERS_DIR} )
 set( LIBCONFIG_CXX_HEADERS_DIR "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" "/usr/lib"
      CACHE STRING "${description}" )
-
+else()
+set( LIBCONFIG_CXX_HEADERS_DIR ${LIBCONFIG_CXX_HEADERS_DIR}
+     CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+endif()
+if( NOT DEFINED ${LIBCONFIG_C_HEADERS_DIR} )
 set( LIBCONFIG_C_HEADERS_DIR "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" "/usr/lib"
      CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+else()
+set( LIBCONFIG_C_HEADERS_DIR ${LIBCONFIG_C_HEADERS_DIR}
+     CACHE STRING "${description}" )
+endif()
diff --git a/CMake/netcdf.cmake b/CMake/netcdf.cmake
index aa51d3fc..935dcd60 100644
--- a/CMake/netcdf.cmake
+++ b/CMake/netcdf.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 # find files
 
-# Captain! Find file:
 find_file( netcdf_cxx_shared_lib 
               NAMES libnetcdf-cxx4.so libnetcdf_c++4.so
               HINTS ${NETCDF_CXX_SHARED_LIB_DIR} )
+  
+message( "Captain! netcdf_c_shared_lib: ${netcdf_c_shared_lib}" )
+
+message( "Captain! netcdf_c_shared_lib dir: ${NETCDF_C_SHARED_LIB_DIR}" )
 
 find_file( netcdf_c_shared_lib 
               NAMES libnetcdf.so 
@@ -17,7 +20,6 @@ find_path( netcdf_cxx_headers
            NAMES netcdf
            HINTS ${NETCDF_CXX_HEADERS_DIR} )
 
-message( "netcdf_c_shared_lib: ${netcdf_c_shared_lib}" )
 add_library( netcdf_cxx SHARED IMPORTED )
 add_library( netcdf_c SHARED IMPORTED )
 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index b9506bba..7d78441f 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 cmake -S $1 -B $2 -G Ninja \
--D NETCDF_C_HEADERS_DIR="/home/5n4/workshop/tree/external/netcdf-c-install/include" \
--D NETCDF_CXX_HEADERS_DIR="/home/5n4/workshop/tree/external/netcdf-cxx4-install/include" \
--D NETCDF_C_SHARED_LIB_DIR="/home/5n4/workshop/tree/external/netcdf-c-install/lib" \
--D NETCDF_CXX_SHARED_LIB_DIR="/home/5n4/workshop/tree/external/netcdf-cxx4-install/lib" \
--D LIBCONFIG_C_HEADERS_DIR="/home/5n4/workshop/tree/external/libconfig_install/include" \
--D LIBCONFIG_CXX_HEADERS_DIR="/home/5n4/workshop/tree/external/libconfig_install/include" \
--D LIBCONFIG_C_LIB_DIR="/home/5n4/workshop/tree/external/libconfig_install/lib" \
--D LIBCONFIG_CXX_LIB_DIR="/home/5n4/workshop/tree/external/libconfig_install/lib" \
+-DNETCDF_C_HEADERS_DIR="/home/5n4/build_right/external/netcdf-c-install/include" \
+-DNETCDF_CXX_HEADERS_DIR="/home/5n4/build_right/external/netcdf-cxx4-install/include" \
+-DNETCDF_C_SHARED_LIB_DIR="/home/5n4/build_right/external/netcdf-c-install/lib" \
+-DNETCDF_CXX_SHARED_LIB_DIR="/home/5n4/build_right/external/netcdf-cxx4-install/lib" \
+-DLIBCONFIG_C_HEADERS_DIR="/home/5n4/build_right/external/libconfig_install/include" \
+-DLIBCONFIG_CXX_HEADERS_DIR="/home/5n4/build_right/external/libconfig_install/include" \
+-DLIBCONFIG_C_LIB_DIR="/home/5n4/build_right/external/libconfig_install/lib" \
+-DLIBCONFIG_CXX_LIB_DIR="/home/5n4/build_right/external/libconfig_install/lib" \
 &> $2/cmake_output.txt ;
 
 cmake --build $2 -- -j 0 &> $2/build_output.txt
diff --git a/build/clean.sh b/build/clean.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 453e3cfb..00000000
--- a/build/clean.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-rm CMakeCache.txt
-rm -r CMakeFiles
diff --git a/build/make_gitr.sh b/build/make_gitr.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0f0f12b7..00000000
--- a/build/make_gitr.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-source ../env.default.sh
-
-cmake -DTHRUST_INCLUDE_DIR=$THRUST_DIR \
-  -DNETCDF_CXX_INCLUDE_DIR=$NETCDFCXX4INCLUDE \
-  -DNETCDF_CXX_LIBRARY=$NETCDFCXX4LIB \
-  -DLIBCONFIG_INCLUDE_DIR=$LIBCONFIG_INCLUDE_DIR \
-  -DLIBCONFIGPP_LIBRARY=$LIBCONFIGLIB \
-  -DLIBCONFIGPP_INCLUDE_DIR=$LIBCONFIG_INCLUDE_DIR \
-  -DUSE_CUDA=1 \
-  -DUSE_MPI=0 \
-  -DUSE_DOUBLE=1 \
-    ..
-#    -DNETCDF_CXX_INCLUDE_DIR=$NETCDFCXX4INCLUDE \
-#    -DNETCDF_CXX_LIBRARY=$NETCDFLIB_CPP \
-#    -DNETCDF_DIR=$NETCDFDIR \
-#    -DNETCDF_INCLUDE_DIR=$NETCDFINCLUDE \
-#    -DNETCDF_LIBRARY=$NETCDFLIB \
-#    -DLIBCONFIGPP_LIBRARY=$LIBCONFIGLIB \
-#    -DLIBCONFIGPP_INCLUDE_DIR=$LIBCONFIG_INCLUDE_DIR \
-#    -DCPPFLAGS=-I${H5DIR}/include \
-#    -DLDFLAGS=${H5DIR}/lib/libhdf5.dylib \
-#    -DHDF5_LIBRARIES=${H5DIR}/lib/libhdf5.a \
-#    -DHDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS=${H5DIR}/include \
-#    -DHDF5_C_COMPILER_EXECUTABLE=${H5DIR}/bin/h5pcc \
-#    -DHDF5_HL_LIBRARIES=${H5DIR}/lib/libhdf5_hl.dylib \