diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b86774..bf51c31 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 if (${USE_GCC})
 	include(cmake/FindOmpGcc.cmake)
+else()
+	set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER /usr/bin/gcc CACHE STRING "C Compiler" FORCE)
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER /usr/bin/g++ CACHE STRING "C++ Compiler" FORCE)
 endif()
 
 get_filename_component(dirName ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} NAME)
diff --git a/cmake/FindOmpGcc.cmake b/cmake/FindOmpGcc.cmake
index 4deddfa..39cfa7c 100644
--- a/cmake/FindOmpGcc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindOmpGcc.cmake
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ if(APPLE)
 		# If len == 0, nothing to do here
 		if(${len} EQUAL 0)
 			message("No OMP-compliant compiler was found on this Mac.")
+			set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "/usr/bin/gcc" CACHE STRING "C Compiler" FORCE)
+			set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "/usr/bin/g++" CACHE STRING "C++ Compiler" FORCE)
 		else()
 			# Looping over each directory to extract major/intermediate versions
 			foreach(dir ${compiler_dirs})
@@ -91,11 +93,12 @@ if(APPLE)
 		endif()
 	else()
 		message("No OMP-compliant compiler was found on this Mac.")
+		set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "/usr/bin/gcc" CACHE STRING "C Compiler" FORCE)
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "/usr/bin/g++" CACHE STRING "C++ Compiler" FORCE)
 	endif()
 
 else() 
 	# Running on Linux. Will switch back to compiler in /usr/local/bin
-	message("Switching to /usr/local/gcc ")
-	set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "/usr/local/bin/gcc" CACHE STRING "C Compiler" FORCE)
-	set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "/usr/local/bin/g++" CACHE STRING "C++ Compiler" FORCE)
+	set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "/usr/bin/gcc" CACHE STRING "C Compiler" FORCE)
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "/usr/bin/g++" CACHE STRING "C++ Compiler" FORCE)
 endif()