diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 61fb67812..b87af22aa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -181,9 +181,11 @@ endif ()
 if (ENABLE_JRIR_RR)
     message("Round robin thread method enabled")
     set(BLIS_ENABLE_JRIR_RR TRUE)
+    set(BLIS_ENABLE_JRIR_SLAB FALSE)
 elseif (ENABLE_JRIR_SLAB)
     message("SLAB thread method enabled")
     set(BLIS_ENABLE_JRIR_SLAB TRUE)
+    set(BLIS_ENABLE_JRIR_RR FALSE)
 else ()
     message("Unsupported method of thread partitioning in jr and ir loops")
 endif ()
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ else()
     set(__blis_arch_type_name TRUE)
     set(rename_blis_arch_type "BLIS_ARCH_TYPE")
 endif()
-
+set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES})
 
 #print configurations
 message("---cmake configurations---")