diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 12cd8255754e91c7362a1e099c5edbbb7ae68f5e..ea6387a783b1d0248b1b727ff622ab78247c79cd 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #set -o nounset
 set -o errexit
-
+startdir=$(pwd)
 export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib:$PYTHONPATH  
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH  
 export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH  
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib:$PYTHONPATH
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH  
 export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH  
 source /usr/local/bin/thisroot.sh 
-git clone https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/jlab/hallc/analyzer_software/hcana.git 
-mkdir hcana/build && cd hcana/build  
-git pull 
+cd $startdir
+mkdir build && cd build  
 cmake ../.  && make -j20 VERBOSE=1 && make install  
-cd /tmp && rm -rf hcana