diff --git a/buildscripts/_build_getopts.sh b/buildscripts/_build_getopts.sh
index 85dbbeaa5..6c4ab93f9 100755
--- a/buildscripts/_build_getopts.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/_build_getopts.sh
@@ -63,15 +63,8 @@ if [ -z ${DEPENDENCY_ENV_VARS+x} ]; then
 
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
     CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -isystem ${PREFIX}/include"
-    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${PREFIX}/lib -fPIE"
+    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${PREFIX}/lib"
     CPATH="${CPATH} ${PREFIX}/include}"
-    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -fPIC"
-    LIBS="${LIBS} -lgomp"
-
-    if [ $COMPILER = "GNU-Mac" ]; then
-        LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-no_compact_unwind"
-        CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Wno-deprecated-non-prototype"
-    fi
 
     HDF5_ROOT="${PREFIX}"
     HDF5_LIBDIR="${HDF5_ROOT}/lib"
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh b/buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh
index fed957585..e305c0161 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh
@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@ printf "*********************************************************\n"
 printf "Copying files to ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}\n"
 mkdir -p ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}
 cd $DEPENDENCY_DIR
-if [ -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/zlib-${ZLIB_VER} ]; then
-    cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/zlib-${ZLIB_VER}
-    make distclean
-    cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}
-else
+if [ ! -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/zlib-${ZLIB_VER} ]; then
     [ -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/zlib-* ] && rm -rf ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/zlib-*
     wget -qO- https://github.com/madler/zlib/releases/download/v${ZLIB_VER}/zlib-${ZLIB_VER}.tar.gz | tar xvz
 fi
@@ -49,31 +45,20 @@ if [[ (-d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/hdfsrc) && (-f ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/hdfsrc/README.md) ]
     fi
 fi
 
-if [ -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/hdfsrc ]; then
-    cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/hdfsrc
-    make distclean
-    cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}
-else
+if [ ! -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/hdfsrc ]; then
     wget -qO- https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/releases/download/hdf5-${HDF5_VER}/hdf5-${HDF5_VER}.tar.gz | tar xvz
 fi
 
-if [ -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-c-${NC_VER} ]; then
-    cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-c-${NC_VER} 
-    make distclean
-    cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}
-else
+if [ ! -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-c-${NC_VER} ]; then
     [ -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-c-* ] && rm -rf ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-c-*
     wget -qO- https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/archive/refs/tags/v${NC_VER}.tar.gz | tar xvz 
 fi
 
-if [ -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-fortran-${NF_VER} ]; then
-    cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-fortran-${NF_VER} 
-    make distclean
-    cd ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}
-else
+if [ ! -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-fortran-${NF_VER} ]; then
     [ -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-fortran-* ] && rm -rf ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/netcdf-fortran-*
     wget -qO- https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-fortran/archive/refs/tags/v${NF_VER}.tar.gz | tar xvz 
 fi 
+
 cd $ROOT_DIR
 printf "*********************************************************\n"
 printf "*          STARTING DEPENDENCY BUILD                    *\n"
@@ -83,10 +68,30 @@ printf "Installing to ${PREFIX}\n"
 printf "\n"
 
 set -e
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_zlib.sh ${ARGS}
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_hdf5.sh ${ARGS}
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_netcdf-c.sh ${ARGS}
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_netcdf-fortran.sh ${ARGS}
+if [ ! -f ${PREFIX}/lib/libz.a ]; then
+    ${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_zlib.sh ${ARGS}
+else
+    echo "Found: ${PREFIX}/lib/libz.a"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f ${PREFIX}/lib/libhdf5.a ]; then
+    ${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_hdf5.sh ${ARGS}
+else
+    echo "Found: ${PREFIX}/lib/libhdf5.a"
+fi
+
+
+if [ ! -f ${PREFIX}/lib/libnetcdf.a ]; then
+    ${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_netcdf-c.sh ${ARGS}
+else
+    echo "Found: ${PREFIX}/lib/libnetcdf.a" 
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f ${PREFIX}/lib/libnetcdff.a ]; then
+    ${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_netcdf-fortran.sh ${ARGS}
+else
+`   echo "Found: ${PREFIX}/lib/libnetcdff.a"
+fi
 
 printf "\n"
 printf "*********************************************************\n"
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_hdf5.sh b/buildscripts/build_hdf5.sh
index 1b24504be..fdf7f8654 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_hdf5.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_hdf5.sh
@@ -49,3 +49,5 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    exit 1
 fi
 
+make distclean
+
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_netcdf-c.sh b/buildscripts/build_netcdf-c.sh
index ff9ce8b13..e0327fbbe 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_netcdf-c.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_netcdf-c.sh
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    exit 1
 fi
 
+make distclean
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_netcdf-fortran.sh b/buildscripts/build_netcdf-fortran.sh
index 4f098bb02..9e9a877cd 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_netcdf-fortran.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_netcdf-fortran.sh
@@ -43,3 +43,5 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    exit 1
 fi
 
+make distclean
+
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_swiftest.sh b/buildscripts/build_swiftest.sh
index a87705728..49bac3e92 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_swiftest.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_swiftest.sh
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ fi
 
 read -r OS ARCH < <($SCRIPT_DIR/get_platform.sh)
 echo $OS $ARCH
-if [ $OS = "MacOSX" ] && [ $ARCH = "arm64" ]; then
-    printf "OpenMP not supported on Apple M1 Silicon quite yet\n"
-    SKBUILD_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="${SKBUILD_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS} -DUSE_OPENMP=OFF -DUSE_SIMD=OFF"
-fi
 
 cd $ROOT_DIR
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_zlib.sh b/buildscripts/build_zlib.sh
index 11f17a081..d65cad4f6 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_zlib.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_zlib.sh
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ fi
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    printf "zlib could not be compiled.\n"
    exit 1
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
+
+make distclean
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildscripts/set_compilers.sh b/buildscripts/set_compilers.sh
index 4e2fafa8f..979fd8958 100755
--- a/buildscripts/set_compilers.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/set_compilers.sh
@@ -89,16 +89,29 @@ case $COMPILER in
         CPP=${CPP:-$(command -v cpp)}
         ;;
     GNU-Mac)
-        GCCVER=${GCCVER:-13}
-        printf "GCC Version: ${GCCVER}\n"
-        FC=${FC:-$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/gfortran-${GCCVER}}
-        CC=${CC:-$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/gcc-${GCCVER}}
-        CXX=${CXX:-$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/g++-${GCCVER}}
-        CPP=${CPP:-$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/cpp-${GCCVER}}
-        AR=${AR:-$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/gcc-ar-${GCCVER}}
-        NM=${NM:-$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/gcc-nm-${GCCVER}}
-        RANLIB=${RANLIB:-$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/gcc-ranlib-${GCCVER}}
-        LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/lib/gcc/${GCCVER}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+
+        if $(brew --version &> /dev/null); then 
+            brew install llvm@16 libomp 
+        else
+            echo \"Please install Homebrew first\" 
+            exit 1 
+        fi
+        COMPILER_PREFIX=${COMPILER_PREFIX:-"/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm"}
+        CC=${CC:-${COMPILER_PREFIX}/bin/clang}
+        CXX=${CXX:-${COMPILER_PREFIX}/bin/clang++}
+        CPP=${CPP:-${COMPILER_PREFIX}/bin/clang-cpp}
+        AR=${AR:-${COMPILER_PREFIX}/bin/llvm-ar}
+        NM=${NM:-${COMPILER_PREFIX}/bin/llvm-nm}
+        RANLIB=${RANLIB:-${COMPILER_PREFIX}/bin/llvm-ranlib}
+        FROOT=$(realpath $(dirname $(command -v gfortran))/..) 
+        FC=$(command -v gfortran)
+        LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${COMPILER_PREFIX}/lib:${FROOT}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+        LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/lib/c++ -Wl,-rpath,/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/lib/c++"
+        LIBS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/lib -lomp ${LIBS}"
+        CPATH="${FROOT}/include:${CPATH}"
+        CFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET} ${CFLAGS}"
+        CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${CXXFLAGS}"
+        FCFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${FCFLAGS}"
         ;;
     *)
         printf "Unknown compiler type: ${COMPILER}\n"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0473f5caf..a327a2cce 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 """
 
 from skbuild import setup
+from pathlib import Path
 
 with open('version.txt') as version_file:
     version = version_file.read().strip()
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@
       author='David A. Minton',
       author_email='daminton@purdue.edu',
       url='https://github.itap.purdue.edu/MintonGroup/swiftest',
+      long_description=Path("README.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8"),
+      long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
       python_requires=">=3.8",
       license="GPLv3",
       classifiers=[