diff --git a/external/external_build.cmake b/external/external_build.cmake
index f05e79e..bfadc56 100644
--- a/external/external_build.cmake
+++ b/external/external_build.cmake
@@ -337,9 +337,11 @@ IF (INTERNAL_EIGEN)
   SET(EIGEN3_INCLUDE_DIRS ${EXT_INSTALL}/include/eigen3)
 
 ELSE (INTERNAL_EIGEN)
-  pkg_check_modules(EIGEN3 QUIET eigen3 )
+  pkg_check_modules(EIGEN3 eigen3 )
   if (NOT  EIGEN3_FOUND)
     cmessage(CWARNING "Eigen library not found")
+  else()
+    cmessage(STATUS "Found EIGEN3 in ${EIGEN3_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
   endif()
 ENDIF(INTERNAL_EIGEN)
 
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index f3c01b5..18f626a 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ if (WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(_cosmotool PROPERTIES SUFFIX ".pyd")
 endif (WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
 
+configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cosmotool/config.py.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cosmotool/config.py @ONLY)
+
 INSTALL(TARGETS 
   ${ct_TARGETS}
   LIBRARY DESTINATION ${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES}/cosmotool