diff --git a/AMDiS/AMDiSConfig.cmake.in b/AMDiS/AMDiSConfig.cmake.in
index 693684efbe7b6bdcceca38a31937f7b5ca1ef654..e117d735defbdb272e39b4cd3811078a0bc770b7 100644
--- a/AMDiS/AMDiSConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/AMDiS/AMDiSConfig.cmake.in
@@ -63,15 +63,13 @@ set(AMDiS_USE_FILE ${AMDiS_DIR}/AMDiSUse.cmake)
 set(AMDiS_COMPILEFLAGS "@COMPILEFLAGS@")
 
 if(AMDiS_NEED_UMFPACK)
-	set(BLAS_LIBRARY "blas" CACHE FILEPATH "the blas library")
-	find_library(_BLAS_LIB NAMES "${BLAS_LIBRARY}" "goto" PATHS ${BLAS_LIBRARY_DIR})
-	message("blaslibrary: ${_BLAS_LIB}")
-	if(NOT _BLAS_LIB)
+	find_library(BLAS_LIBRARY NAMES "blas" "goto")
+#	message("blaslibrary: ${BLAS_LIBRARY}")
+	if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARY)
 		message(ERROR " could not find the blas library. please set the variable BLAS_LIBRARY to the blas library with full path")
-	else()
-		set(BLAS_LIBRARY "${_BLAS_LIB}")
 	endif()
 	list(APPEND AMDiS_LIBRARIES ${AMDiS_LIBRARY_DIR}/umfpack/libumfpack.a ${AMDiS_LIBRARY_DIR}/amd/libamd.a ${BLAS_LIBRARY})
+#message("amdis-libs: ${AMDiS_LIBRARIES}")
 	list(APPEND AMDiS_LIBRARY_DIRS ${AMDiS_LIBRARY_DIR}/umfpack ${AMDiS_LIBRARY_DIR}/amd ${BLAS_LIBRARY_DIR})
 	list(APPEND AMDiS_INCLUDE_DIRS 
 		${AMDiS_INCLUDE_DIR}/umfpack  
diff --git a/AMDiS/HOWTO_cmake.html b/AMDiS/HOWTO_cmake.html
index 1e91dcc305bafd90ff0ae597724de12deca8bfee..a5ef31b1daf3d9627a4b0b24e9a80d7236269070 100644
--- a/AMDiS/HOWTO_cmake.html
+++ b/AMDiS/HOWTO_cmake.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <h1> Using AMDiS with cmake </h1>
 With this short page, I will show you, how to use the cmake buildsystem with AMDiS. The introduction consists of two main parts:
 <ol> <li>compiling and installing AMDiS with CMake </li>
-<li> using the cmake-installed AMDiS in your project </li></ol>
+<li> using the cmake installed AMDiS in your project </li></ol>
 
 <h2> Compiling and installing AMDiS with CMake </h2>
 <h3> configure </h3>
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ The last command will install AMDiS to /home/joe/programs
 <a href="#config_with_options" >configuration with options </a>
 If you only want to build with standard options, you can simply run
    <verbatim> cmake . </verbatim>
-<h2> Using the cmake-installed AMDiS in your project </h2>
+<h2> Using the cmake installed AMDiS in your project </h2>
 </body>
 </html>