diff --git a/buildscripts/build_all.sh b/buildscripts/build_all.sh
index 793c250c5..9484e7ed8 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_all.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_all.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,13 @@ case $OS in
         ;;
 esac
 
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/fetch_dependencies.sh -d ${BUILD_DIR} && \
+mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}
+cd $BUILD_DIR
+wget -qO- https://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.13.tar.gz | tar xvz
+wget -qO- https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.14/hdf5-1.14.1/src/hdf5-1.14.1-2.tar.gz | tar xvz 
+wget -qO- https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/archive/refs/tags/v4.9.2.tar.gz | tar xvz 
+wget -qO- https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-fortran/archive/refs/tags/v4.6.1.tar.gz | tar xvz 
+
 ${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_dependencies.sh -c $COMPILER -p ${PREFIX} && \
 ${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_swiftest.sh -c $COMPILER -p ${PREFIX}
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh b/buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh
index 9dc06fed2..921e5ea84 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh
@@ -10,21 +10,20 @@
 # of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Swiftest. 
 # If not, see: https://www.gnu.org/licenses. 
-SCRIPT_DIR=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
-BUILD_DIR=$(realpath ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build)
 
-mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}
-cd $BUILD_DIR
+# Determine the platform and architecture
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
+ROOT_DIR=$(realpath ${SCRIPT_DIR}/..)
+DEPENDENCY_DIR="${ROOT_DIR}/_dependencies"
+PREFIX=/usr/local
 
 # Parse arguments
-USTMT="Usage: ${0} <-c Intel|GNU-Linux|GNU-Mac> [-p {/usr/local}|/prefix/path]"
-IFORT=false
-PREFIX=/usr/local
+USTMT="Usage: ${0} [-d /path/to/dependancy/build] [-p {/usr/local}|/prefix/path]"
 COMPILER=""
-while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
+while getopts ":d:p:" ARG; do
     case "${ARG}" in
-    c)
-        COMPILER="${OPTARG}"
+    d)
+        DEPENDENCY_DIR="${OPTARG}"
         ;;
     p)
         PREFIX="${OPTARG}"
@@ -38,6 +37,46 @@ while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
         ;;
     esac
 done
+
+mkdir -p ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}
+read -r OS ARCH < <($SCRIPT_DIR/get_platform.sh)
+
+# Determine if we are in the correct directory (the script can either be run from the Swiftest project root directory or the
+# buildscripts directory)
+if [ ! -f "${ROOT_DIR}/setup.py" ]; then
+        echo "Error: setup.py not found" 
+        exit 1
+fi
+cd ${ROOT_DIR}
+VERSION=$( cat version.txt )
+echo "Building Swiftest version ${VERSION} for ${OS}-${ARCH}"
+
+case $OS in
+    MacOSX) 
+        COMPILER="GNU-Mac"
+        ;;
+    Linux)
+        COMPILER="GNU-Linux"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "This script is not tested for ${OS}-${ARCH}"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+printf "*********************************************************\n"
+printf "*          FETCHING DEPENCENCY SOURCES                  *\n"
+printf "*********************************************************\n"
+printf "Copying files to ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}\n"
+mkdir -p ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}
+cd $DEPENDENCY_DIR
+wget -qO- https://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.13.tar.gz | tar xvz
+wget -qO- https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.14/hdf5-1.14.1/src/hdf5-1.14.1-2.tar.gz | tar xvz 
+wget -qO- https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/archive/refs/tags/v4.9.2.tar.gz | tar xvz 
+wget -qO- https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-fortran/archive/refs/tags/v4.6.1.tar.gz | tar xvz 
+
+printf "*********************************************************\n"
+printf "*          STARTING DEPENDENCY BUILD                    *\n"
+printf "*********************************************************\n"
 CMD="${SCRIPT_DIR}/set_compilers.sh -c $COMPILER"
 read -r CC CXX FC F77 CPP < <($CMD)
 export CC=${CC}
@@ -46,17 +85,14 @@ export FC=${FC}
 export F77=${F77}
 export CPP=${CPP}
 
-printf "*********************************************************\n"
-printf "*          STARTING DEPENDENCY BUILD                    *\n"
-printf "*********************************************************\n"
 printf "Using ${COMPILER} compilers:\nFC: ${FC}\nCC: ${CC}\nCXX: ${CXX}\n"
 printf "Installing to ${PREFIX}\n"
 printf "\n"
 
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_zlib.sh -c $COMPILER -p $PREFIX
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_hdf5.sh -c $COMPILER -p $PREFIX
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_netcdf-c.sh -c $COMPILER -p $PREFIX
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_netcdf-fortran.sh -c $COMPILER -p $PREFIX
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_zlib.sh -c $COMPILER -p $PREFIX -d $DEPENDENCY_DIR
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_hdf5.sh -c $COMPILER -p $PREFIX -d $DEPENDENCY_DIR
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_netcdf-c.sh -c $COMPILER -p $PREFIX -d $DEPENDENCY_DIR
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_netcdf-fortran.sh -c $COMPILER -p $PREFIX -d $DEPENDENCY_DIR
 
 printf "\n"
 printf "*********************************************************\n"
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_hdf5.sh b/buildscripts/build_hdf5.sh
index a140a7ed0..80604a56c 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_hdf5.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_hdf5.sh
@@ -11,18 +11,14 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Swiftest. 
 # If not, see: https://www.gnu.org/licenses. 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
-BUILD_DIR=$(realpath ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build)
-
-mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}
-cd $BUILD_DIR
 
 # Parse arguments
-USTMT="Usage: ${0} <-c Intel|GNU-Linux|GNU-Mac> [-p {/usr/local}|/prefix/path]"
-IFORT=false
+USTMT="Usage: ${0} <-c Intel|GNU-Linux|GNU-Mac> <-d /path/to/dependency/source> [-p {/usr/local}|/prefix/path] "
 PREFIX=/usr/local
 COMPILER=""
+DEPENCENCY_DIR=""
 CARG=""
-while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
+while getopts ":c:p:d:" ARG; do
     case "${ARG}" in
     c)
         COMPILER="${OPTARG}"
@@ -30,6 +26,9 @@ while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
     p)
         PREFIX="${OPTARG}"
         ;;
+    d)
+        DEPENDENCY_DIR="${OPTARG}"
+        ;;
     :)      
         echo "Error: -${OPTARG} requires an argument."
         echo $USTMT
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
         ;;
     esac
 done
+
 CMD="${SCRIPT_DIR}/set_compilers.sh -c $COMPILER"
 read -r CC CXX FC F77 CPP < <($CMD)
 export CC=${CC}
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ printf "LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}\n"
 printf "LDFLAGS: ${LDFLAGS}\n"
 printf "*********************************************************\n"
 
-cd ${BUILD_DIR}/hdf5-*
+cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/hdf5-*
 if [ $COMPILER = "GNU-Mac" ]; then
    read -r OS ARCH < <($SCRIPT_DIR/get_platform.sh)
    if [ $ARCH  = "arm64" ]; then
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_netcdf-c.sh b/buildscripts/build_netcdf-c.sh
index 37ed18363..adb924cb2 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_netcdf-c.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_netcdf-c.sh
@@ -11,18 +11,14 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Swiftest. 
 # If not, see: https://www.gnu.org/licenses. 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
-BUILD_DIR=$(realpath ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build)
-
-mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}
-cd $BUILD_DIR
 
 # Parse arguments
-USTMT="Usage: ${0} <-c Intel|GNU-Linux|GNU-Mac> [-p {/usr/local}|/prefix/path]"
-IFORT=false
+USTMT="Usage: ${0} <-c Intel|GNU-Linux|GNU-Mac> <-d /path/to/dependency/source> [-p {/usr/local}|/prefix/path] "
 PREFIX=/usr/local
 COMPILER=""
+DEPENCENCY_DIR=""
 CARG=""
-while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
+while getopts ":c:p:d:" ARG; do
     case "${ARG}" in
     c)
         COMPILER="${OPTARG}"
@@ -30,6 +26,9 @@ while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
     p)
         PREFIX="${OPTARG}"
         ;;
+    d)
+        DEPENDENCY_DIR="${OPTARG}"
+        ;;
     :)      
         echo "Error: -${OPTARG} requires an argument."
         echo $USTMT
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
         ;;
     esac
 done
+
 CMD="${SCRIPT_DIR}/set_compilers.sh -c $COMPILER"
 read -r CC CXX FC F77 CPP < <($CMD)
 export CC=${CC}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ printf "LDFLAGS: ${LDFLAGS}\n"
 printf "HDF5_ROOT: ${HDF5_ROOT}\n"
 printf "*********************************************************\n"
 
-cd ${BUILD_DIR}/netcdf-c-*
+cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-c-*
 COPTS="--disable-shared --disable-dap --disable-byterange --prefix=${PREFIX}"
 if [ !  $COMPILER = "GNU-Mac" ]; then
     COPTS="${COPTS} --disable-libxml2"
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_netcdf-fortran.sh b/buildscripts/build_netcdf-fortran.sh
index 2811aa715..497f245be 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_netcdf-fortran.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_netcdf-fortran.sh
@@ -11,18 +11,14 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Swiftest. 
 # If not, see: https://www.gnu.org/licenses. 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
-BUILD_DIR=$(realpath ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build)
-
-mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}
-cd $BUILD_DIR
 
 # Parse arguments
-USTMT="Usage: ${0} <-c Intel|GNU-Linux|GNU-Mac> [-p {/usr/local}|/prefix/path]"
-IFORT=false
+USTMT="Usage: ${0} <-c Intel|GNU-Linux|GNU-Mac> <-d /path/to/dependency/source> [-p {/usr/local}|/prefix/path] "
 PREFIX=/usr/local
 COMPILER=""
+DEPENCENCY_DIR=""
 CARG=""
-while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
+while getopts ":c:p:d:" ARG; do
     case "${ARG}" in
     c)
         COMPILER="${OPTARG}"
@@ -30,6 +26,9 @@ while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
     p)
         PREFIX="${OPTARG}"
         ;;
+    d)
+        DEPENDENCY_DIR="${OPTARG}"
+        ;;
     :)      
         echo "Error: -${OPTARG} requires an argument."
         echo $USTMT
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
         ;;
     esac
 done
+
 CMD="${SCRIPT_DIR}/set_compilers.sh -c $COMPILER"
 read -r CC CXX FC F77 CPP < <($CMD)
 export CC=${CC}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ printf "LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}\n"
 printf "LDFLAGS: ${LDFLAGS}\n"
 printf "*********************************************************\n"
 
-cd ${BUILD_DIR}/netcdf-fortran-*
+cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-fortran-*
 ./configure --disable-shared --with-pic --disable-zstandard-plugin --prefix=${PREFIX}  
 make && make check i
 if [ -w ${PREFIX} ]; then
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_zlib.sh b/buildscripts/build_zlib.sh
index f937819aa..2aa77ce93 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_zlib.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_zlib.sh
@@ -11,18 +11,14 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Swiftest. 
 # If not, see: https://www.gnu.org/licenses. 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
-BUILD_DIR=$(realpath ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build)
-
-mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}
-cd $BUILD_DIR
 
 # Parse arguments
-USTMT="Usage: ${0} <-c Intel|GNU-Linux|GNU-Mac> [-p {/usr/local}|/prefix/path]"
-IFORT=false
+USTMT="Usage: ${0} <-c Intel|GNU-Linux|GNU-Mac> <-d /path/to/dependency/source> [-p {/usr/local}|/prefix/path] "
 PREFIX=/usr/local
 COMPILER=""
+DEPENCENCY_DIR=""
 CARG=""
-while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
+while getopts ":c:p:d:" ARG; do
     case "${ARG}" in
     c)
         COMPILER="${OPTARG}"
@@ -30,6 +26,9 @@ while getopts ":c:p:" ARG; do
     p)
         PREFIX="${OPTARG}"
         ;;
+    d)
+        DEPENDENCY_DIR="${OPTARG}"
+        ;;
     :)      
         echo "Error: -${OPTARG} requires an argument."
         echo $USTMT
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ printf "LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}\n"
 printf "LDFLAGS: ${LDFLAGS}\n"
 printf "*********************************************************\n"
 
-cd ${BUILD_DIR}/zlib-*
+cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/zlib-*
 ./configure --prefix=${PREFIX} --static 
 make 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f0ba23eaa..7c9625af7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 environment = {SKBUILD_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF", FFLAGS="${FFLAGS} -fPIC"}
 before-all = [
     "yum install wget m4 doxygen -y",
-    "buildscripts/fetch_dependencies.sh -d build",
-    "buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh -c GNU-Linux -p /usr/local"
+    "buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh",
+    "buildscripts/build_swiftest.sh -c GNU-Linux -p /usr/local"
 ]
     
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