diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 307a3b9..a1c1a2b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cmake")
 set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
+set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
 
 include(cxx)
 include(configureFiles)
@@ -32,15 +33,14 @@ if(NOT "${EXTERNAL_SUCCESS}" STREQUAL "0")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Building external dependencies has failed")
 endif()
 
-set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS        ON)  # only find static libs
+set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS        OFF)
 set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED      ON)
-set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME     ON)
+set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME     OFF)
 
 # un-break library finding
 set(Boost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE         ON)
 set(Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS        ON)
 
-set(BOOST_ROOT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 message("Using our own Boost, which was built at ${HAPLOTYPES_SOURCE_DIR}/external/boost_install")
 
 find_package(Boost 1.55.0 COMPONENTS thread iostreams regex unit_test_framework filesystem system program_options REQUIRED)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/c++/include/Version.hh.in"
 
 add_subdirectory (src/c++/main)
 add_subdirectory (src/data)
-add_subdirectory (src/c++/test)
+#add_subdirectory (src/c++/test)
 add_subdirectory (src/python)
 
 # install
