diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d59be62e..156172a4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ if("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Darwin")
   # why?  see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20858911/lua-open-returns-null-using-luajit/20875342#20875342
   OPTION(USE_LUAJIT "Link with luajit.so.  Wont work on Mac.  Faster on linux" OFF)
 endif()
-message("USE_LUAJIT ${USE_LUAJIT}")
 
 FIND_PACKAGE(Torch REQUIRED)  # you need to run source ~/torch/install/bin/torch-activate if this line
                               # gives an error
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 74cbf1aa..5493537c 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if [[ x${TORCH_INSTALL} == x ]]; then {
     exit 1
 } fi
 
-if [[ x${{USE_LUAJIT}} == x ]]; then { USE_LUAJIT=ON; } fi
+if [[ x${USE_LUAJIT} == x ]]; then { USE_LUAJIT=ON; } fi
 if [[ x${CYTHON} != x ]]; then { python setup.py cython_only || exit 1; } fi
 (cd cbuild; cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_LUAJIT=${USE_LUAJIT} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${TORCH_INSTALL} && make -j 4 install) || exit 1
 python setup.py install || exit 1
diff --git a/src/nnWrapper.cpp b/src/nnWrapper.cpp
index 68b7e8cd..65b9d41d 100644
--- a/src/nnWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/nnWrapper.cpp
@@ -24,16 +24,13 @@ using namespace std;
 
 lua_State *luaInit() {
     #ifndef _WIN32
-//    cout << "luaInit" << endl;
     #ifdef USE_LUAJIT
         #define LUALIBNAME "libluajit"
     #else
         #define LUALIBNAME "libPyTorchLua"
     #endif
-    cout << "lua libname " << LUALIBNAME << endl;
     void *hdl = dlopen(LUALIBNAME ".so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
     if(hdl == 0) {
-//        //cout << "Failed to load libPyTorchLua.so, trying dylib..." << endl;
         hdl = dlopen(LUALIBNAME ".dylib", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
     }
     if(hdl == 0) {
@@ -41,11 +38,7 @@ lua_State *luaInit() {
         cout << dlerror() << endl;
         throw runtime_error(string("Couldnt load " LUALIBNAME ".so or " LUALIBNAME ".dylib") + dlerror());
     } else {
-//////        cout << "loaded lua library" << endl;
     }
-//    void *err = dlopen("libpaths.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
-//    void *err = dlopen("libluajit.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
-//    cout << "err " << (long)err << endl;
 
     #endif
 
diff --git a/src/nnWrapper.jinja2.cpp b/src/nnWrapper.jinja2.cpp
index a0ba0b0b..a50f65f7 100644
--- a/src/nnWrapper.jinja2.cpp
+++ b/src/nnWrapper.jinja2.cpp
@@ -24,16 +24,13 @@ using namespace std;
 
 lua_State *luaInit() {
     #ifndef _WIN32
-//    cout << "luaInit" << endl;
     #ifdef USE_LUAJIT
         #define LUALIBNAME "libluajit"
     #else
         #define LUALIBNAME "libPyTorchLua"
     #endif
-    cout << "lua libname " << LUALIBNAME << endl;
     void *hdl = dlopen(LUALIBNAME ".so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
     if(hdl == 0) {
-//        //cout << "Failed to load libPyTorchLua.so, trying dylib..." << endl;
         hdl = dlopen(LUALIBNAME ".dylib", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
     }
     if(hdl == 0) {
@@ -41,11 +38,7 @@ lua_State *luaInit() {
         cout << dlerror() << endl;
         throw runtime_error(string("Couldnt load " LUALIBNAME ".so or " LUALIBNAME ".dylib") + dlerror());
     } else {
-//////        cout << "loaded lua library" << endl;
     }
-//    void *err = dlopen("libpaths.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
-//    void *err = dlopen("libluajit.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
-//    cout << "err " << (long)err << endl;
 
     #endif