diff --git a/src/config/oblas_ompcheck.sh b/src/config/oblas_ompcheck.sh
index b668f743af..d965c3f272 100755
--- a/src/config/oblas_ompcheck.sh
+++ b/src/config/oblas_ompcheck.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,18 @@ mylog=/tmp/mylog.txt
 NWCHEM_TOP=$1
 file_check=$NWCHEM_TOP/src/oblas_ompcheck_done.txt
 if [ -f $file_check ]; then
-    echo $file_check present >> $mylog
+#    echo $file_check present >> $mylog
     cat $file_check
     exit 0
 fi
+echo BLASOPT is $BLASOPT >> $mylog
+if [[  -z "${BLASOPT}" ]]; then
+    echo BLASOPT is empty >> $mylog
+    echo 0 >  $NWCHEM_TOP/src/oblas_ompcheck_done.txt
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo BLASOPT is not empty @$BLASOPT@ >> $mylog
+fi
 #extract oblas_dir & oblas_name from BLASOPT
 # 
 oblas_dir=$(echo $BLASOPT | awk 'sub(/.*-L */,""){f=1} f{if ( sub(/ * .*/,"") ) f=0; print}')