diff --git a/build_deps.sh b/build_deps.sh
index f7ffc42..66eb5c5 100755
--- a/build_deps.sh
+++ b/build_deps.sh
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ KERNEL=$(echo $(lsb_release -ds 2>/dev/null || cat /etc/*release 2>/dev/null | h
 case $OS in
   Linux)
      case $KERNEL in
-       CentOS) 
+       CentOS)
           echo "Linux, CentOS"
-          sudo yum install automake cmake gcc-c++ git libtool openssl-devel wget
+          sudo yum -y install automake cmake gcc-c++ git libtool openssl-devel wget
           if echo "$(ldconfig -p | grep libuv)"
             then echo "libuv has already been installed"
           else
            pushd /tmp
-           wget http://libuv.org/dist/v1.4.2/libuv-v1.4.2.tar.gz
+           wget http://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.4.2/libuv-v1.4.2.tar.gz
            tar xzf libuv-v1.4.2.tar.gz
            pushd libuv-v1.4.2
            sh autogen.sh
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ case $OS in
            popd
            popd
            sudo grep -q -F '/usr/local/lib' /etc/ld.so.conf.d/usrlocal.conf || echo '/usr/local/lib' | sudo tee --append /etc/ld.so.conf.d/usrlocal.conf > /dev/null
-           fi          
+           ldconfig -v
+           fi
           ;;
        Ubuntu)
          echo "Linux, Ubuntu"
-         
+
          sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:linuxjedi/ppa
          sudo apt-get -y update
          sudo apt-get -y install g++ make cmake libuv-dev libssl-dev
@@ -37,12 +38,12 @@ case $OS in
      esac
      ;;
   Darwin)
-     sudo brew install libuv cmake
+     brew install libuv cmake
      ;;
   *) echo "Your system $OS is not supported"
 esac
 
-mkdir -p deps/cpp-driver/build
-cd deps/cpp-driver/build
+mkdir -p ../cpp-driver/build
+cd ../cpp-driver/build
 cmake ..
 make
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 37be6e0..9229128 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -1,35 +1,21 @@
-{
-     deps,
-     [
-          {'cpp-driver', ".*", {git, "https://github.com/datastax/cpp-driver", "40221db6be9103cc21f169e70b55e440000624e7"}, [raw]}
-     ]
+{deps, [
+    {'cpp-driver', ".*",
+      {git, "https://github.com/datastax/cpp-driver", "40221db6be9103cc21f169e70b55e440000624e7"}, [raw]}]
 }.
+{deps_dir, "../"}.
+{post_hooks,[{'get-deps',"sh -c './build_deps.sh'"}]}.
 
-{post_hooks,[{'get-deps',"sh -c './build_deps.sh'"}
-           ]}. 
-
-{port_specs,
-    [
-        {"darwin","priv/erlcass.so", ["c_src/*.cc"],
-            [
-                {env,
-                    [
-                        {".*", "CXXFLAGS", "$CXXFLAGS -g -Wall -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -Os -Ideps/cpp-driver/include -Ideps/cpp-driver/src -I/usr/local/include/"},
-                        {".*", "LDFLAGS", "$LDFLAGS -L/usr/local/lib/ -Ldeps/cpp-driver/build -lcassandra_static -luv -lssl -lcrypto"}
-                    ]
-                }
-            ]
-        },
-  
-        {"linux","priv/erlcass.so", ["c_src/*.cc"],
-            [
-                {env,
-                    [
-                        {".*", "CXXFLAGS", "$CXXFLAGS -g -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -Os -Ideps/cpp-driver/include -Ideps/cpp-driver/src"},
-                        {".*", "LDFLAGS", "$LDFLAGS -L/usr/local/lib/ -Ldeps/cpp-driver/build -lcassandra_static -luv -lstdc++ -lssl -lcrypto"}
-                    ]
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-    ]
-}.
+{port_specs, [
+  {"darwin","priv/erlcass.so", ["c_src/*.cc"],[
+    {env, [
+      {".*", "CXXFLAGS", "$CXXFLAGS -g -Wall -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -Os -I../cpp-driver/include -I../cpp-driver/src -I/usr/local/include/"},
+      {".*", "LDFLAGS", "$LDFLAGS -L/usr/local/lib/ -L../cpp-driver/build -lcassandra_static -luv -lssl -lcrypto"}
+    ]}
+  ]},
+  {"linux","priv/erlcass.so", ["c_src/*.cc"],[
+    {env, [
+      {".*", "CXXFLAGS", "$CXXFLAGS -g -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -Os -I../cpp-driver/include -I../cpp-driver/src"},
+      {".*", "LDFLAGS", "$LDFLAGS -L/usr/local/lib/ -L../cpp-driver/build -lcassandra_static -luv -lstdc++ -lssl -lcrypto"}
+    ]}
+  ]}
+]}.