diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 91368ec577b..6ac624c9e86 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 build/
 build-*/
+debug/
+release/
 
 # SPM
 .build/
@@ -59,4 +61,4 @@ cmake-build-debug/
 .gradle/
 local.properties
 .log
-.exe
\ No newline at end of file
+.exe
diff --git a/examples/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cli/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a73776c5cd..4306ebae4c5 100644
--- a/examples/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ add_executable(${TARGET} cli.cpp)
 
 include(DefaultTargetOptions)
 
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common whisper ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common whisper ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
 install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
diff --git a/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt
index 4667c307e79..a8ac5ab5abd 100644
--- a/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ add_executable(${TARGET} server.cpp httplib.h)
 
 include(DefaultTargetOptions)
 
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common json_cpp whisper ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common json_cpp whisper ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
 if (WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE ws2_32)
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index 8623214c78a..9c198ba2476 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)  # for CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES
 find_package(CUDAToolkit)
 
 if (CUDAToolkit_FOUND)
-    message(STATUS "CUDA Toolkit found")
+    message(STATUS "CUDA Toolkit found: ${CUDAToolkit_VERSION}")
 
     if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES)
         # native == GPUs available at build time